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Your support makes all the difference.I would start the day with two very strong cups of coffee. I've tried to quit, but I'm addicted. I'd spend the morning catching up with things - phoning people back - and then go for some fresh air on Hampstead Heath with Sarah Jane, my wife-to-be.
I love going to Soho, my favourite area of London, to meet friends, wander round and grab something to eat. I spend time at The Pollo Bar, a cheap cafe place on Old Compton Street, London W1 (071-734 5917). I'd have a plate of pasta there for lunch. Then there's The French House (071-437 2799) and The Coach and Horses (071-240 0553), the usual Soho drinking places. I might spend the afternoon at the Everyman Cinema in Hampstead (071-435 1525), catching up on some old films.
If I've got more time I'll go to the races. I usually stick to racecourses near London like Sandown and Lingfield, not the big races - they get too packed. In the evening, the restaurants I go to include a south Indian restaurant called Vijays, Willesden Lane, NW6 (071-328 1087). The food is very good and the staff are wonderful. If I'm going out for serious meal I'd go to Nikita's, a brilliant Russian restaurant in Ifield Rd, SW10 (071-352 6326). They have different flavoured vodkas so by the time the food comes it's all a bit of a blur. They shut you off in these booths and you ring a bell for them to come and serve you. It's surprisingly rowdy. A place I went to quite a lot in the summer was Whirligig, a club in Shoreditch. It's not a usual club - it's closed by midnight, but there's a fantastic atmosphere, like a hippy festival. I've met a surprising number of actors there.
Clive Owen plays Otto in 'Design for Living' at the Donmar Warehouse (071-369 1732) to 5 Nov
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