Julie Delpy
French actress and filmmaker
Just In Time, by Nina Simone.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2013 source ↗
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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How close have you come to death?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
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Lesley Sharp
British actress
Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 May 2021 source ↗
Engelbert Humperdinck
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I don’t like to think about that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 February 2019 source ↗
Julian Sands
British actor
Rufus Wainwright’s Get Happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
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View profile →The public mistakes I’ve made. Most recently, I tried to light an e-cigarette on an aeroplane and was told to put it out. I completely forgot I was on a plane. I’d had, like, three drinks, but it only takes three. I stopped as soon as I got off and I got straight back into my programme, because that’s what I do.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
As a complex and brilliant man.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
I’ve been in six car accidents – none of them while I was driving.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
Two days as a labourer in my 15th summer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
My collection of paintings. I have some by William Burroughs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
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