To myself. I am my harshest critic.
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Julia Ormond
English actress
To Sophie, for not being a better parent.
Felicity Jones
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No one, I’m pretty good at saying sorry.
Romesh Ranganathan
English actor and comedian
When I was 17 I launched into a rant at my dad about what I thought of him. We never spoke about it again and then he passed away. I would love to say sorry to him.
So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
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