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I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

- Lesley Manville
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I was champion soprano of Sussex when I was 16!

Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I'll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM.

I'm a big fan of Edouard Vuillard, so I'd like anything by him - particularly a painting called 'Madame Hessel on the Sofa.' His work is realistic without being literal: I can really imagine what Madame Hessel is thinking.

It would never occur to me not to look dreadful if that's the job description.

My mother always cooked, every day, proper food. We didn't have fast food. It was probably pretty much meat and two veg, but as time went on and new things came into the culture, she embraced all of that. I grew up with mealtimes and sitting around the table with proper cooking and eating.

It gets easier as you get older because life deals its particular hand, and our experiences get deeper, richer, more profound. When I gave birth to my son, something happened. It is a huge thing for a woman: a whole set of emotions you never had before arrives, and a love you never had before in your life is now on tap.

I hate that thing that if you are over 45, and you're going to be on telly or make films, you have to do all this stupid stuff to your face. I would no more let someone stick a needle in my forehead than fly to the moon.

For Kitty Gilbert in 'Topsy-Turvy,' I had to get to the point where I could improvise in the style of 1880, which is difficult. The research for that was huge.

I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being an opera singer.

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I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'