Stephen Dillane
British actor
In the first room of the Australian art exhibition at the RA. Don't know why. Loved it.
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When the babies were born, in March 2017.
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At my divorce – with good reason.
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When I heard John Noakes had died.
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At John Fortune's funeral. They played Flanders and Swann's Slow Train ("We won't be meeting again") and my heart broke.
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View profile →I was a door-to-door carpet-cleaning salesman. I thought my life was going to end, so I binned that after a day.
Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
Convincing my wife to marry me and have children with me.
I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.
As a wonderful husband and a great father, and somebody who inspired others to pursue their own dreams, like Fred Astaire inspired me.
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