The ability to stress me out.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2017 source ↗
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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People who are not self-aware.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017
The urge to be unpleasant to waitstaff in restaurants.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2023 source ↗
Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗
Maya Jama
British television and radio presenter
When people are disingenuous.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
A personal assistant.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
Lee Warburton. He had just left drama school and was doing the Alexander technique in the Corrie green room. I hadn’t been to drama school, and really took the piss out of him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
During the first week or two of lockdown. We didn’t know what was coming and it didn’t feel dangerous at that point; there was just a real sense of family and hunkering down.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
Not working. I want to be one of those old actors on the set of Casualty at 95, who quietly passes away in the actual scene rather than at home.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
The fact that there are not enough hours in the day and I’ve taken on too much.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
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