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More money. Sounds terrible, but money is the energy of change.
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Everyone comes to me for advice, and I wish they didn’t. I negotiate fees for other artists, give advice on property, on food, on clothes, on pensions. I can be standing on a corner in another country and someone will approach me for help.
Martin Freeman
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A really careful lobotomy, to switch off bits of my brain.
Not having my injuries: shoulders, knees and ankles. I did a lot of contact sports as a kid.
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