Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
A ballet dancer. I danced from age two to 19. Giving up was not a choice; I had complications in an ankle operation.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗
A pop star: I loved music from a very young age.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗
Most days, I wanted to be Albrecht in the classical ballet Giselle, dancing until I dropped dead.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗
Golfer, priest, police officer, teacher and, after going to the movies, actor.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗
A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
As a good friend.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
Last night, having dinner with my husband, John, my son, Jonathan, and his girlfriend, Maude.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
Things that I didn’t do during the day.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
Very warm and slightly giddying
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adrian Edmondson, Adwoa Aboah, Aidan Gillen, Alex Hassell, Alison Moyet
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