Cruelty. I don’t see the point.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2024 source ↗
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Time & hindsight
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Rudeness and racism.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
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Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2025 source ↗
Yogi Berra
Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
Talking too much.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2010 source ↗
Erin O'Connor
English model
Unnecessary judgment.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
When I was doing Knight Rider.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
"You can't see your children for two weeks." (When I was going through my divorce.)
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
A new TV series.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
Holding a grudge.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
Scuba diving in Costa Rica. My stunt double and I were trying out some equipment that let us talk to each other and I ran out of air at 80ft - probably because I talked too much. I had to use his air. Then we were surrounded by sharks. It was scary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
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