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The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 March 2025 source ↗
Well, when in 1994 he was elected and I was given the privilege of introducing him to South Africa as our new president and to the world, I sort of whispered to God and said, “God, I don’t really mind now. I mean, if I die now, it would be almost the perfect moment.
My happiness lives in the present. It's my life this morning, this evening, with Andre, my kids.
Toasting marshmallows on an open fire in Yosemite national park.
At drama school, because I started having relationships with other men and found a satisfying job.
Compassion, resourcefulness and resilience form a rounded good person. So that’s what I’d like to leave my children and grandchildren.
There are so many instances when I’ve come very close to death that it’s difficult to pick one.
The loss of Conrad.
I was a huge daydreamer and imagined myself as a successful general leading his troops into battle.
I left the army and got a job with Unilever in Northern Ireland. They were very strict and you had to have a hat, and when you went into a shop you had to raise your hat to the shopkeeper and then sell your wares. I was selling margarine.
Becoming more physically active.
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