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This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
A great composer. I wrote to Benjamin Britten to tell him this and that he was my third favourite composer. For some reason he didn’t feel moved to reply.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
An actress. My family thought it was ridiculous, it was like saying you wanted to be an astronaut.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 August 2021 source ↗
A tennis player.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗
The third or fourth glass of wine.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
Picking tiny bits of glass out of long grass for Haringey council, 45 years ago.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
Just remembered, really.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
I was very proud of doing Falstaff, because it seemed to go well.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
Not being active in my own desires.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adrian Edmondson, Adwoa Aboah, Aidan Gillen, Alex Hassell, Alison Moyet
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