Richard Schiff: What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?

What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Richard Schiff said elsewhere, not written here

Hasn’t happened yet, it’s coming.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

Others on this question

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Adam Lambert American singer

“You’re never going to make it.” It was some guy I was dating. I had the last laugh.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2023 source ↗

Bruce Dickinson English heavy metal singer

“What makes you think you are so special?”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 source ↗

Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer

Growing up as a gay boy in a small town, you get used to people saying bad things pretty quickly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗

Billy Crudup

I was going to a bar with friends and there was a line at the door. I’d been there before and asked the doorman to skip the line. He said, “Oh, I remember you, you were in Almost Famous, weren’t you?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he goes, “Yeah, get back in line.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗