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    SIMON PEGG

    Jul 18, 2022 5 minutes
    Interview: Jane Graham @Janeannie

    When I was 16 I left school in Gloucestershire and went to a college of further education in Stratford-upon-Avon. It was the only college in the country that let you take theatre studies as a main subject and I had decided that’s what I wanted to do when I was about 14. My mum, bless her, worked really hard to get me in to this place – there was a grant for young children following the arts so I managed to get £1,000 from that. I lived with another family through the week and took my laundry on the coach home every weekend.

    When I think of that 16-year-old kid now I quite like him. He was a bit nervous to be away from home and just wanted to make friends.

    He loved college and he was excited to be supported in something a

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