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In July 2005, The Guardian interviewed Helen for its Q&A column, and Evening Standard Magazine interviewed Helen for its My London column. In October 2005, those same two London publications interviewed Damian for those same two columns. Damian and Helen were asked several of the same questions in those interviews. In February 2007, Damian and Helen were each interviewed for Harper's Bazaar. Below are their individual responses to the identical questions from all of these interviews. ... |
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Q&A: Damian Lewis The Guardian, October 29, 2005 |
Q&A: Helen McCrory The Guardian, July 2, 2005 |
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What is your idea of perfect happiness? |
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Autumn, long walk, fire, bottle of red. |
Requited love. |
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What is your greatest fear? |
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Death. |
Regret and bad lighting. |
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Which living person do you most admire? |
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Roger Federer -- unearthly talent combined with killer instinct. |
My parents. |
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What makes you depressed? |
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Terrorism. |
That smoking's bad for me, and Heat magazine. |
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What is your favourite smell? |
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Welsh air. |
The ocean. |
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Hypocrisy. |
Procrastination. |
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When and where were you happiest? |
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At 12, on the edge of Ashdown Forest, pinging golf balls at the cricket pavilion at sunset in my pyjamas. |
Now. |
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life? |
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Servants. |
Staff. |
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Damian Lewis: My London Evening Standard Magazine, October 28, 2005 |
Helen McCrory: My London Evening Standard Magazine, July 29, 2005 |
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Where do you live and why? |
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| Camden. I've always liked this part of London. I remember, when I was younger, I used to make it along to the Electric Ballroom in Camden High Street on a Friday night and jump up and down to the rock music. | Next to Spitalfields Market. The area reminds me of the East Village in New York as it is so eclectic. You are only half an hour from Soho and you can get to Hoxton Square in 15 minutes for lunch. The architecture is also very beautiful. | ||
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How long have you lived there? |
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| I've lived in North London all my life. I grew up in St. John's Wood, although I was at boarding school a lot of the time. Afterwards, I returned to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I was at Guildhall at the same time as Joseph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor and Jude Law. | Four years. I decided to buy a property in east London as it was the only area I hadn't lived in. | ||
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What advice would you give to a tourist? |
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| Bring a brolly with you. | Don't mistake London for Britain. | ||
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What have been your most memorable London meals? |
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| Long Sunday lunches in great pubs with good wine and good friends. I also like eating at The Wolseley on Piccadilly. I can't really tell if I'm in a Viennese brasserie or a car showroom -- but it's very grand. | Oh, there have been too many. | ||
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What do you miss most when you're out of London? |
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| The magnificent views of the city when you're standing on the top of Primrose Hill or from Waterloo Bridge -- they're breathtaking. | Variety and originality. | ||
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What is your earliest London memory? |
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| Solving crimes along Abbey Road with my brother Gareth on our Grifter bikes. | Being under a rug in my grandad's car, aged nine, and seeing snow for the first time. He picked my family up from the airport after we moved from Tanzania. I was shocked at the cold, something I have since got used to. | ||
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What would you do if you were Mayor for the day? |
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| Hand out bicycles, free, to everyone. | Ban all traffic in central London. | ||
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Question Time Harper's Bazaar (UK edition), May 2007 |
Question Time Harper's Bazaar (UK edition), May 2007 |
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What is your favourite "guilty pleasure" film? |
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| Grace. | The Champ. | ||
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What is your favourite scene in Some Like It Hot? |
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| Lemmon dancing with a flower in his mouth. | Marilyn walks through the bunks on the train. | ||
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For more excerpts from these and other interviews with Damian, please visit the Damian's Digest section at Damian's Dominion.
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For more excerpts from these and other interviews with Helen, please visit the Notable Quotes section of Helen's Haven.
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