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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2016 source ↗
During my Queensland childhood, on the days when I avoided the chlorine-infused shower gauntlet and being corralled into the deep end of the school pool.
Discovering Rome on my scooter with my wife when we first met.
I was very happy to be alive when I surfaced after my yacht, Drum, capsized in the Fastnet Race in 1985. I was in an air pocket for 40 minutes, and had to take off my long johns to be able to surface.
On my wedding day.
My friend Billy Connolly, for his incredible sense of humour and wit. But greater than that is Billy’s courage and sheer chutzpah, to take his Parkinson’s and make it central to his brilliance as a performer.
Viggo Mortensen, Steve Coogan, David Oyelowo, Shirley MacLaine, Chloë Sevigny, Alan Dale
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