Lupita Nyong'o
Actress
When I have a to-do list and finish it in the time I intended to.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I learned how to play The Wind Cries Mary guitar solo.
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Alex Jones
American far-right conspiracy theorist
Managing to stay on The One Show for over a decade. In an industry that is so fickle, I am astounded I am still there.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2021 source ↗
Jenny Agutter
English actress
Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
Francesca Martinez
British comedian
My relationship.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗
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View profile →Worryingly close to absolute panic.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗
Right now. I think I was born in my early 30s and I am finally catching up to my age. It’s fine to be a bit like Frasier now, but it’s probably not ideal when you are 12.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗
As the man who never died.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗
I have a Stratocaster, which is part of my long, doomed ambition to become Jimi Hendrix.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗
Anything from the concept of human mortality to a faux pas I made at a party in 2005.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗
In the last couple of years, Britain.
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