On stage. Always on stage. God that’s depressing, isn’t it?
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When: I finish a good scene. Where: looking back, in the navy.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗
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