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The prized possession you value above all others… My MacBook Pro laptop. I ‘Scoring my one and only use it all the time for work and leisure, goal when I was eight is my like watching TV and to make video calls to my family when I’m away. happiest memory. The ball The biggest regret you wish you could hit me and went in. We won amend… Giving up learning the piano when I was eight because the lure of and the lads went nuts’ the BMX bike was too strong. I long- ingly look at people who can play. The misapprehension about yourself The way you would spend your fantasy you wish you could erase… That, as an 24 hours, with no travel restrictions… actor, I earn millions of pounds! I’d have breakfast at home in Cam- The event that altered the course of bridgeshire with my wife Sam and our your life and character… The day in 1981 kids Annabel, 16, and Harrison, 10 – when my grandmother Eileen heard Above: The Acqualina porridge and a slice of toast with mar- Star Wars were looking for small peo- hotel in Miami and A Groovy Kind Of Love. malade to dip in. We’d fly to Islamor- ple. She called my mum, who contact- Below: A BMX bike and ada in the Florida Keys to go out on a ed the film studio, and I got the part. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk boat to a sand bar. The water’s shallow The crime you would commit knowing there and is the only place I can swim you could get away with it… I’d do a and touch the bottom [Warwick is 3ft sophisticated heist on Barclays, because 6in]. The whole family find [actor and they weren’t very nice to me once! TV presenter] Karl Pilkington really The song that means most to you… A entertaining so we’d have lunch with Groovy Kind Of Love by Phil Collins. him at a pie and mash shop in London. It was the song Sam and I did the first Then we’d go to the stunning Wrynose dance to at our wedding in 1991. Pass in the Lake District, followed by The happiest moment you will cherish a cream tea in Ambleside. I’d love to forever… Scoring my one and only goal be able to stand on a glacier anywhere in football, when I was eight. I never after that, before having dinner at The used to get the ball and just stood Cheesecake Factory in Los Angeles. I’d around. But in one big match the ball end the day with fresh orange juice on bounced off me and went in the goal. a terrace at Miami’s Acqualina hotel. The lads went nuts and lifted me up The temptation you wish you could because it meant we’d won the game! resist… Chocolate. My brain tells me definite The saddest time that shook your to eat fruit, then my emotions overrule world… The death of our son Lloyd it and I eat a bar of Dairy Milk. after nine days in 1991. He’d inherited The book that holds an everlasting different genetic conditions of dwarf- resonance… Giants: The Dwarfs Of ism from Sam and me, which is always Auschwitz, about the Ovitz family of a fatal combination. It was awful, but seven dwarfs who survived the death article he touched many people in that short camp. It’s so powerful and inspiring. We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly time and brought a lot of good. The priority activity if you were the The unfulfilled ambition that contin- Invisible Man for a day… I’d listen in on probing questions – and only accept ues to haunt you… To direct a big- my agent to hear what he says about me. budget action comedy film, preferably

I’d like to know how he reacts when with Will Ferrell and Chevy Chase. P THE definitive answer. This week hoto someone doesn’t want me for a job! The philosophy that underpins your g The pet hate that makes your hackles it’s actor Warwick Davis’s turn life… Enjoy everything as if it’s the r raphs: rise... People throwing litter, particularly last time you’ll do it. e

out of cars. I once saw some builders The figure from history for whom you’d The treasured item you lost and wish you The order of service at your funeral… l x,

throwing fish and chip wrappers out most like to buy a pie and a pint… Hitler. could have again… My free time. I can’t I’d probably have a traditional church mkmed of their van, and I threw them back in. I’d like to understand what his problem shake off the ethos that I should take service. I want my ashes scattered in The film you can watch time and time was with people he considered not ‘nor- every job because it might be the last, the Lake District so I can waft around ala ia,

again… Planes, Trains And Automo- mal’, especially those with disabilities. so I end up working 52 weeks a year. those beautiful hills for eternity. m biles – a great comedy with a big heart. The piece of wisdom you would pass on The unending quest that drives you The way you want to be remembered… y, ge allstar, Above: The person who has influenced you to a child… Don’t wish away your life. on… To entertain people. The actor who happened to be short. Planes, most… George Lucas. He cast me as an The unlikely interest that engages The poem that touches your soul… I’m The Plug… Warwick Davis appears Trains And Ewok in Return Of The Jedi when I your curiosity… I’ve raced 1/10th scale not into poetry but I connect with Yoda’s in Spamalot at The Playhouse Theatre, absolut tty, Automobiles. Left: Warwick was 11. It changed my life, and I’ve radio-controlled cars for years, but my words to Luke Skywalker when train- London until 19 October, for tickets as Wicket worked with him a lot since. He’s kids are into it now and I’ve been ing him to be a Jedi: ‘Try not. Do. Or do visit www.spamalotwestend.co.uk. n

the Ewok always been there to give me advice. relegated from driver to mechanic! not. There is no “try”.’ It’s how I live. As told to Rob McGibbon e Next week PS... l A rare interview with reclusive Benedict Cumberbatch is Wikileaker Julian Assange in The Fifth artist Jack Vettriano l Rachel Estate – in cinemas Friday. Stephen Mangan and Matthew Khoo gives classic French puds her unique twist l Essential Macfadyen star in Perfect Nonsense at the Richmond Theatre. autumn jobs to transform your garden l PLUS Britain’s And Dave Stewart’s new album Lucky Numbers is out Monday best TV listings guide

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