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“You look like a fat Jack Whitehall.”
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“I would love to go on a date with you, but I’d be too embarrassed.”
Charles Dance
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“You can’t play Maxim de Winter with ginger hair.”
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View profile →I was hellbent on being a Thunderbird. I was devastated when my parents finally told me it was a fictional organisation. Ruined my 18th.
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Tricking my dad into doing naked yoga.
I’m rabidly indiscreet. If you tell me an embarrassing story, it will probably end up in one of my scripts or standup routines.
I was bumped as a guest on The Justin Lee Collins show for Bianca from EastEnders.
Don’t make jokes at the expense of Little Mix. They have an ardent fanbase.
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