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S16, Ep8 How To Fail: Joan Bakewell - the legendary broadcaster on life, love and everything in between

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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Is There Still That Burning Love for Acting?

I didn't mind that because I thought life was going to set you a lot of problems and it was your job to solve the problems. That was the order of society in those days. Everybody knew their place as it were. And this was my first realisation that you wouldn't ever necessarily triumph. You do need to be able to survive tough times, bad reviews, criticism from directors, envy from other actors,. dislike of the public, like of the public. They have enormous stamina and strength of character. There are people out there who are listening to what they have to say and responding to the mood and the style of the work they do. It's apparently tremendously rewarding and I can

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