Billy Crudup: What does love feel like?

What does love feel like?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.

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

Recorded Billy Crudup said elsewhere, not written here

Being present where you are.

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

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Sara Cox English broadcaster

A full belly and a nice nap.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2019 source ↗

Mandy Patinkin American actor and singer

Love is a religious experience, which then requires me to define religion, which I define as everything I don’t understand.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2019 source ↗

Kellie Maloney Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician

Love comes in different aspects. There’s sexual love, companion love and unconditional love, and I think you only have unconditional love with your children or your pets.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

Midge Ure

It’s not all soft focus and wheat fields. Love songs can be about hate, fear, envy, lust and anger, because that’s part of love as well.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

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