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What’s it like to expire every evening, often in devastating, drawn-out scenes? Nathan Lane, Josette Simon and more talk about how playing death messes with their minds – and describe the ‘de-role’ rituals that bring them back

NEW YORK — Artists sacrifice their families all the time. And although it sucks to be related to someone, especially a kid, who is using you in their work, or even as their work, the ageist media and cultural establishment generally sniff and stand by the precious artist’s truth.

The actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked – and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier