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The inability to do things for myself.
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Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.
I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
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My own biography! Being serious, there’s an Australian novel by Gregory Roberts called Shantaram that I didn’t read through.
I got seduced by being a pop star, and why wouldn’t I? I think I could have made a few more career moves with films. But I was nervous. How do you move forward as an actor creatively if you are just appealing to teenage girls?
Hardworking, authentic and honest.
Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
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