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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
Nothing. I fell asleep while I was getting a shave. When I woke up, the barber said, “No one has ever fallen asleep with a razor at their throat.” And I was like, “Bro, I have three boys under five – I sleep when I can.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2015 source ↗
Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗
An exciting idea. I usually write for an hour or so, and then I go to sleep.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Like waves of warm water rippling on to the shores of your heart.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
Having breast cancer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
I was doing a photoshoot right after an awards show and I was talking about someone whose makeup I really didn’t like. I said: “She’s gorgeous, I don’t understand how a makeup artist could encourage that?” And the makeup artist on the photoshoot said: “I did her makeup.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
I was opening in a play in my 20s, and my agent came on opening night, brought flowers, took me out to dinner and then told me she was no longer going to be representing me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
That you’re stronger than you think you are.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
I was a ticket taker at the Universal Amphitheatre, an outdoor music venue. I saw everybody – Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, the Eagles, Elton. But, after that, we had to clean the women’s restrooms and that was horrible. There was a lot of drinking, a lot of vomiting, a lot of very messy bathrooms.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
Abigail Breslin, Adam Clayton, Adam Lambert, Adam Peaty, Adjoa Andoh, Aidan Gillen
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