Dan Stevens
English actor
One of those robot vacuum cleaners.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗
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Less phone use.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
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Oti Mabuse
South African dancer
I couldn’t ask for anything else. I am super, super happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2019 source ↗
Rita Ora
British singer-songwriter
A garden of my own.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2015 source ↗
Laurence Fox
English actor and activist
My children doing what they’re told.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2019 source ↗
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View profile →Missing a cue on stage. I had to come on and move a piece of furniture with another actor and I completely forgot. I looked at the monitor and said, “Why is he standing on his own?” And somebody said, “Aren’t you meant to help him?”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
A sense of home.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Oversharing. I long to be intimately connected to people and sometimes, among strangers, I don’t read the room.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Weirdly, sometimes exhaustion keeps me awake. If I am really tired, I won’t sleep well.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
To trust in the process.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Not actualising my full potential.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
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