The actor,53, on defining care for, or travelling third lesson in India,and being the modern boyMy mother had an expression: “Get your guts into it.” She used to say it with an emphatic movement of the forearm, which amused me and my siblings. She would push us to go deep into whatever we were doing, and from homework to a painting or drawing.
I wish I’d been more of a punk. At 15,a large fragment of me wanted to cut loose and be rebellious. I pogoed at a Stranglers gig in Southampton, and my mother cut my hair into a semi-mohican mess. My father got very cross. But it’s not in my DNA to be truly anarchic; I still wanted my parents’ approval.
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