Niamh Cusack
Irish actress
Never making it into a Sondheim musical.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
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What made you decide to stop something you were known for, and how did you know it was time?
Time & hindsight
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In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to?
Daily life
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
Originally asked
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Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2021 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 219 →Not playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. I am a huge Brando fan and a big Tennessee Williams fan and it’s a part I would love to have a go at. It’s possible I still could but I’m too old, really.
Not winning Celebrity MasterChef. I am still gutted, despite many months of pretending to be fine with it.
When a relationship I’ve been invested in stops working. And yet, here I am, happy as you like.
More from Serena Williams
View profile →I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn't feel like a modern word to me. I've been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.
But these days, if I have to choose between building my tennis résumé and building my family, I choose the latter.
I cry a lot, so the last time was no big moment.
Oh, I am not thinking about that yet.
I don’t think about my greatest fear.
My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.
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