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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Everything: I worry about whether the window frames need replacing, did I answer that email, how long my face is going to hold up, world peace, poverty…
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗
That to-do list I am supposed to get through but can’t summon the energy for in these weird, distracted times.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 February 2021 source ↗
The baby monitor. Followed by my own fake snores.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗
Nothing. If I’m worried or upset or tormented, I go to sleep quickly and easily, to find welcome oblivion.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2025 source ↗
I always relate love to happiness.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Not investing in bitcoin.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Handing out leaflets for a dry cleaner’s, because no one wanted them and, if people did take them, they just threw them on the floor.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Getting a house. I didn’t think that was a possibility for me. I’ve been able to do amazing things – Netflix, tours, winning a Bafta – but having something you own is hard, so that’s really up there.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Some of my old teachers for disrupting lessons. I was the class clown.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Abigail Breslin, Adam Clayton, Adam Lambert, Adam Peaty, Adjoa Andoh, Aidan Gillen
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