Dan Aykroyd
Canadian and American actor and musician
A shiatsu masseuse on 24-hour retainer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2013 source ↗
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
This isn’t a complaint, but obscurity would be nice. You can’t have a bad day in public because everyone’s got phones.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
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Jimmy Akingbola
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An in-house chef.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗
Compulsory headphones for phone users in public.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗
Chris O'Dowd
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On an iPhone, why can’t you close all open apps at once, rather than flicking through them all?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗
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View profile →I had quite a chequered childhood. I had a knife put to my throat once when I was a kid, which was very scary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
Never going back to the Tour de France and trying to win again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
Loss of control.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
I bought a pink leader’s jersey from the 1953 Tour of Italy which belonged to Swiss rider Hugo Koblet. I spent £45,000.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
I’ve never had a job.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
When my second child Bella was born in 2006. I missed my son Ben being born because I was racing, so seeing it for the first time was quite an experience.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
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