Johnny Flynn
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Not feeling like you have to be anywhere else.
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Great. It feels wonderful – like a firework going off in your stomach.
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Ronald Harwood
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Basking in the sun.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 November 2016 source ↗
Michael Stipe
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Heady, dizzying, magical. Time stops.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗
Like getting out of the right side of the bed every morning, even when you don’t.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗
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My trust in other people. I am rigorously honest.
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As a force for good and a champion of the underdog.
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I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes – either suspended from a harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it “extreme modelling”.
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I wanted to be in the army or a spy in the intelligence service.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
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