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Paparazzi arrived for Hugh [Grant]. We had to stand under a tree and smile for them.Photographer: 'Hugh, could you look less -- um --'Hugh: 'Pained?

Paparazzi arrived for Hugh [Grant]. We had to stand under a tree and smile for them.Photographer: 'Hugh, could you look less -- um --'Hugh: 'Pained?

Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern

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Emma Thompson
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Emma Thompson, based on documented activity in 1979. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168724 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168724 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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