Ricky Gervais: What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?

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What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?

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Ricky Gervais

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A dog. (I don't have one because we're back and forth over the Atlantic and it would be cruel to leave it.)

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2014 source ↗

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On an iPhone, why can’t you close all open apps at once, rather than flicking through them all?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗

Peter Sarsgaard

It would improve the quality of all of our lives if we just got rid of all unessential vehicles in New York City.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2024 source ↗

Busta Rhymes American rapper

To be in a position to empower my entire family with generational wealth.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 December 2020 source ↗

Andrea Riseborough British actress

Just an instinct, but I think reading more Mark Twain.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗

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Over a YouTube clip about animals. "Laboratory animals see sunlight for the first time", or "elephant mourns his best friend the goat". I watch something like that every day and I'm always in pieces.

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Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

It’s hard to narrow it down, because I want them to have a bit of everything—humor, kindness, integrity, intelligence, tolerance (they need lots of that). But if I had to choose just one it would probably be loyalty.

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

I can't remember a time when I was happier than now, to be honest – though that's always been the case.

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Playing with a dog. And we’re both drunk.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 August 2017 source ↗

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