James Corden
English actor and comedian
Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp.
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I am going straight to cremation like David Bowie, so there would be no funeral.
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Elaine Paige
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Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
Joan Bakewell
English journalist, television presenter and politician
A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.
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The moment my daughter was born in 1999, because it took me seven years to conceive.
Romantic love – what a con. (I do still believe in it.)
In my first job in film, a giant bloke dressed like a sumo wrestler asked me to get his G-string out of his arse. He said he couldn’t reach it.
It’s like digging a field together: it’s hard work, not very glamorous, but you can stand back and think, “We did that.”
I had no female role models growing up. I lived an incredibly sheltered life: there was no TV at home and we had no visitors. It wasn’t until rock and pop came into my life that I concocted myself as a role model.
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