Rita Wilson
American actress, singer, and producer
Anything and everything.
What keeps you awake at night?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing?
Death & what remains
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
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Climate change. That is the single most important calamity in the making that I obsess over.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗
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Victoria Pendleton
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Cows in the field next door.
Julie Hesmondhalgh
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Worrying that I’ve upset people.
I worry about doing everything right with my kids.
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My dog’s trust in me.
A ballerina. I remain rather disappointed that I became a rock star instead.
By the sea. I would like to be on the beach in Kerala, I would like to be on the beach at Yellowcraigs in Scotland, and then at a really good table, drinking really good wine, eating delicious food, and discussing things I am passionate about with people that I am passionate about.
Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.
Like a cosy cloud of softness coupled with an orthopaedic mattress underneath.
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