Felicity Jones: How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Felicity Jones said elsewhere, not written here

Nearly crashing into a train on one film, almost falling out of a hot-air balloon on another, narrowly avoiding getting knocked over by a taxi …

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗

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Ronald Harwood South African playwright and novelist

Having a heart attack two days after my wife’s funeral.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 November 2016 source ↗

Ram Dass Spiritual teacher and author

I was close to death, and I didn't rush into my spirit. I spent the time in the hospital just looking at the pipes on the ceiling. ... I failed because this was a trauma, a trauma, and I'm not reacting to it spiritually.

Recorded Ross Simonini, The Believer, issue 115, by Skype from Hawaii, 20 November 2017 source ↗

Brendan Gleeson Irish actor and director

Getting knocked down by a bus. The experience left me with the exhilaration of life enhanced.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2016 source ↗

Gemma Whelan English actress

I was very ill with anorexia when I was a teenager. I went into hospital voluntarily, otherwise they were going to section me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2020 source ↗