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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗
Fortunately, I’ve often been happy, which you wouldn’t necessarily guess from the roles I play. I’ve always been very happy to have my children with me, particularly on location. My daughter was in in London when I played Mary Stuart at the National Theatre.
Immersed in a bowl of noodles, sat around my parents' dining room table with all my family. Bliss!
When I had my first kid and when I had my first big success with I Gotta Feeling.
When my album was made in June.
I just wanted to work in music. I didn’t want a real job.
The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.
I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.
Crazy by Patsy Cline.
I’d like people to say, “Well, he was a bit odd, he was a bit funny.”
America – there are too many Americans.
Trevor McDonald, James McAvoy, Paul Smith, Abi Morgan, Kate Nash, Charles Collingwood
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