"It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it."
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"Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile."
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"I want to have a good time myself. I don't want to dread going to work no matter what the gig is. I think, selfishly, I will make sure that I have a good time; how about that?"
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"I was being paid to do what I loved, and there's no gig on earth better than that; it's like a license to steal."
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"My friends are the ones I've had since primary school. They're really cool and such a good bunch of people. They came to every one of my gigs before all of this happened, you know; they were there in the smoky pubs, wherever."
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"The hardest gig there is in entertainment is to be the lead in an hour show, especially if it's a show that's blood and guts and fighting. It's rough. I love to work, but to do something different is really exciting."
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"There was a period when I stopped talking so much, because I was just going through certain things. I just did the gigs and just stayed in, tried to stay away."
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"I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes."
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