Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 December 2018 source ↗
The problem with my job is that you meet people you admire and then you don’t admire them so much. The only one I carried on admiring was Nelson Mandela.
My son Quinton. He’s working behind the scenes in the picture biz and he’s done it all on his own.
Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep – all suffragettes, in their own way.
My parents, for still being in love after 40 years.
My singing career.
Getting all four kids to school in the morning.
Last year. I was with my wife and all my kids in northern California, driving an RV. I remember thinking that life couldn’t possibly get any better.
To Mark Smith, a boy we bullied at primary school. I’ve always felt terrible about it.
I wanted to race cars.
Alison Steadman, Burt Reynolds, Una Stubbs, Michael Ball, John Bishop, Sally Phillips
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