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" I'll never put my memoirs in print. "

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Telling The Truth

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" If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star. "

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" I don't really like being with people my own age for long periods, because all we talk about is our decrepitude, how the world is changing for the worse even though it isn't. "