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Dear Mary

Dear Mary, from Richard Madeley: How do I stop people mistaking me for Nigel Havers?

17 December 2022

9:00 AM

17 December 2022

9:00 AM

From Julian Fellowes

Q. Whenever anyone asks me how to get a project off the ground, I say that getting a film made is pretty hard. So often the response is: ‘But you did it!’ The argument is a tough one to refute, as the implication is that clearly I myself am not possessed of any ability or talent, and so I back away, apologetic and, to be honest, slightly humiliated.

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