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Don't pretend to care. I don't need you as an anesthetic.

Jenny Downham

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Actor
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Film Actor
Novelist
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Inner and Outer London
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When I first saw Ellie, I knew it was her-- she was my fantasy. I didn't want it to be true, but every time I met her it was obvious, and the funny thing was that she was better than the fantasy, like I got more stuff than I'd imagined.
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That slow smile again. I love that smile! DId I think he was ugly just now? No, his face is transformed.
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I've always wanted to be a cat. Warm and domesticated when you want to be, wild when you don't.
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Parents don't know their children at all. No one knows anyone, in fact.
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I want you to be with me in the dark. To hold me. To keep loving me. To help me when I get scared. To come right to the edge and see what's there.
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Keep breathing. Just keep doing it. It's easy. In and out.
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Moments. All gathering towards this one.
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I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he'd look at me the way boys do in films, as if I'm beautiful.
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Maybe I’ll come back as somebody else. I’ll be the wild-haired girl Adam meets in his first week at university. ‘Hi, are you on the horticultural course as well?
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