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Meaning
The speaker is saying they once felt pressure to keep up a certain image or identity, but no longer have the energy to do so. It suggests a shift from self-conscious effort to accepting that carrying that role all the time is exhausting.
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Originally said in English.
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About Helen Baxendale
English actress, stage and television
Helen Victoria Baxendale is an English stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Rachel Bradley in the British comedy drama Cold Feet and Emily Waltham in the American sitcom Friends. Her television work also includes Cardiac Arrest, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, Cuckoo and Noughts + Crosses. Across these roles, she is associated with British comedy drama and television comedy, as well as later drama work.
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