Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
Arrogance and entitlement.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗
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Needless aggression and bullying.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗
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Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2015 source ↗
Being untruthful.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗
Hans Zimmer
Film composer
To place faith over facts.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2019 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗
Not having come from a class that understands how the world works.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗
My first year of drama school: a sense of freedom, doing something I wanted to do and being with lovely people.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗
If I was 40 again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗
Being a bit mean now and again, too impetuous, snappy, bit of a temper.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗
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