Toyah Willcox: What accomplishment matters most to you? — FLAPSS

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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Toyah Willcox

English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter

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Staying sane in a career path that tries endlessly to unnerve you.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

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Rosie Jones British comedian and actress

My books. There’s no greater feeling than a disabled child coming up to me and saying, “I’ve never seen myself in a book before.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2022 source ↗

Gloria Estefan Cuban-American singer and songwriter

Being able to communicate with people all over the world through my music.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗

Warwick Davis English actor

Still being an actor after 36 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

John Prescott Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

Kyoto, when Tony Blair gave me the opportunity to start the first legislative framework for climate change.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

The world doesn’t reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A man. I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don’t like being identified as female: I’m a person.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Everyone comes to me for advice, and I wish they didn’t. I negotiate fees for other artists, give advice on property, on food, on clothes, on pensions. I can be standing on a corner in another country and someone will approach me for help.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

For winning that elusive Oscar.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Between 2007 and 2016, I had a large white rabbit called WillyFred. I was happiest pressing my ear to his fur and hearing his heart beat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

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