An umbilical cord.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
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Like when you get the giggles in a room full of people where you should be quiet.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
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Like you have nothing to prove.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
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View profile →I could have done without being sexually assaulted, or having an eating disorder, or pushing myself to breaking point, but every chapter of my life brought me here.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
Self-destruction.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
A comedy gig at an army barracks for thousands of angry, horny squaddies just back from six months in the desert. I was on straight after the stripper.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
A reviewer once called me “artistically bankrupt”, and it doesn’t feel like reviews can get much worse than that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
In the one photo I’ve seen where my smile looks convincing – I’m four years old, so I’m guessing then. But I just won a Bafta and that felt amazing, too. So, roughly every 40 years.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
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