Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
I’ve been in six car accidents – none of them while I was driving.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
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On a school trip to Wales when I was 12. My canoe capsized and got stuck upside down next to a rock. I was underwater for about 30 seconds but it felt a lot longer.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗
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Charles Dance
British actor
I’m getting closer all the time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗
Bernadine Evaristo
English author and academic
Travelling Europe with a friend, when I was 29. She was driving and the brakes went, on one of those vertiginous Italian mountains. It was terrifying for the 20 minutes it took to coast down the mountain.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗
Kim Gordon
American musician and artist
When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗
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View profile →Having to clean out my daughter’s digs at university. The memory of the state of that toilet still lives with me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗
Holidays. For years, I would book a big house in Britain for a week for the entire family. There would be 14 of us. I don’t regret a penny.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗
Often, with laughter.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗
My parents. They have been the best example of a loving and respectful marriage over 60 years.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗
Not being able to keep up piano lessons. I did a year and I was really good and loved it and then my parents couldn’t afford for me to continue.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗
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