Always flying: we’ve had flights where the engine’s been on fire; where we’ve nose-dived.
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The motorcycle crash, but also when a neon sign fell on my head in Soho in the 90s.
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Doing a compulsory standup routine in my first week of drama school.
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To my first real boyfriend, for being so mean to him. But really I was just being mean to myself.
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