The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2022 source ↗
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2022 source ↗
I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗
How little confidence I had in my late teens and early 20s.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
I would not let Nick Cassavetes direct My Sister’s Keeper, the film. He said [the ending] was going to match what was in the book, then changed it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2022 source ↗
On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
I’ve been doing pilates for 25 years and I swear by it. I decided to kit out a room with pilates equipment – and I think it’s the most expensive thing I’ve invested in.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
A travel agent, so I could see the world.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
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