Actor Simon Pegg reveals ADHD diagnosis: 'It's just who I am'
The Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible films star had previously put symptoms down to "character fault".
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""It confirmed a lot of stuff that I'd been wrestling with.""
— Simon Pegg , Celebrity
""It's just who I am, and it's just things that I do.""
— Simon Pegg , Celebrity
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The Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible films star had previously put symptoms down to "character fault".
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