Elizabeth Day

And one of the things that you are loved for by the wider public, not just me.

Yes.

is your expressiveness and your eyebrows.

Yes.

And is it true that your mother said to you once, don't do drugs, don't have sex, don't do anything to your brows?

Yeah, yeah.

But do you find it slightly absurd that we live in such a culture where a woman's natural expressiveness is worthy of note in the public eye?

you you want you know what i mean yes from self-knowledge yeah and i think in so many ways that's what this conversation has been all about that self-knowledge that you've got back to you that you had when you were three yes and you went to showboats yes and life is an unpacking back to that point yes amelia clark it has been such a joy to talk to you thank you so much for coming on how to fail thank you for having me thank you

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