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, 14 November 2020 source ↗
A surgeon. I studied pre-med in Holy Cross College for four years and then I went to acting school.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 January 2022 source ↗
First a horse rancher, then a dancer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
I wanted to be a vet, and then realised it’s only really dogs that I adore, and if someone had a poorly mouse, I would be the one needing medical assistance.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2024 source ↗
Not a lawyer, which was what I told everyone, because my father wanted me to be one.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗
I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
Right after 9/11, Kenny and I went to perform for the troops in Pakistan and Uzbekistan. As we were flying in, an electronic voice went off: “Warning: missile launch! Warning: missile launch!” The Taliban had fired a rocket at us. I was waiting to see the back of the plane blow up, but it didn’t and we landed.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
My buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
That my baseball team, Baltimore Orioles, is always in the basement.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adrian Edmondson, Adwoa Aboah, Aidan Gillen, Alex Hassell, Alison Moyet
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