Stephen Dillane
British actor
Playing football in the school playground at lunchtime.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗
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I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes – either suspended from a harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it “extreme modelling”.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
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Sally Mann
Photographer
On the island of Bequia—one summer, out of the blue, a benefactor (thank you, Charlene) flew our entire family there and put us up in a cliffside house that was a weird mixture of Gaudí and Fred Flintstone and where we went to sleep at eight and got up at five. In between we read, swam, hiked, and unknowingly enjoyed the last moment before the irrevocable shear of adolescence set in.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2018 source ↗
David Arquette
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler
With time and experience you figure stuff out, so I am happiest right now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗
Nicola Adams
British boxer
When I won gold at the London Olympic Games.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2012 source ↗
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View profile →Gossip and backstabbing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
Great. It feels wonderful – like a firework going off in your stomach.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
I wanted to be in the army or a spy in the intelligence service.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
Discipline. Also to have a goal, however small and whatever it may be.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
As a force for good and a champion of the underdog.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
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