Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
When I was a kid I was a chambermaid in my family’s hotel, and I once found a strap-on that someone had left behind.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗
When I was younger, I appeared in the Halifax adverts that featured a cake or a bridge made of hundreds of people. You stood there for three days and were not even really seen.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
I’ve always enjoyed all my jobs, whether it was cleaning the stairs for my piano teacher or working at Lister hospital one summer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗
Telesales. I refused to wear a tie, but my argument that “They can’t see what we’re wearing” didn’t wash with the manager and I lasted a week.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2016 source ↗
The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Minding not being liked.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Not to take anything for granted.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
I’ve always been frightened of the dark. I sometimes wonder whether it stems from being away filming from the age of five. I can remember being devastatingly homesick and having a little nightlight I used to look at to reassure myself things were all right.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Mental cruelty.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
If my children remember me as fondly as I remember my mum, that would be a treat.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
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