Julie Hesmondhalgh
English actress and narrator
Every time I got drunk and out of order. Especially in my teens and 20s.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A bilious green suit springs to mind.
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I'd edit out all the wrong people I surrounded myself with socially and professionally whom I thought I had to tolerate.
Michael Kiwanuka
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Nothing. Everything happens for a reason.
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Not being chosen as the next Bond.
Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. When I first heard it at 15, it was different to all the punk I was listening to. When I was starting out in my career, it was all about: ‘How is this possible? How am I doing this?’ Now it’s: ‘Is this my life? How did I get here?’ The lyrics are all about returning full to nature. That’s how I imagine death to be. So that’s what I want at my funeral. And they’ll play Combine Harvester by the Wurzels as people are leaving the church.
Aung San Suu Kyi, for her resilience and determination.
Slightly longer arms.
Telesales. I refused to wear a tie, but my argument that “They can’t see what we’re wearing” didn’t wash with the manager and I lasted a week.
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