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" I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop. "

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" Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people. "

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" I'm quite ignorant about fashion and I'm colourblind, so it's all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen. "

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