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When I was 14 I went up for Juliet with Zeffirelli and I was hugely disappointed that I didn’t get that.
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When I realised I wasn’t going to make it as a singer-songwriter when I was about 25.
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A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
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