Dominic Cooper
English actor
I am pretty chirpy at the moment.
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What is the worst job you have done?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
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Julian Lloyd Webber
British cellist and conductor
When I was 16, I’d just won full scholarships to both the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music, and felt like the world was my oyster.
Every time one of my kids was born and I knew that they were healthy.
Tim Minchin
Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian
Maybe when my wife Sarah and I were walking back to our hotel in Covent Garden, London, through the snow after the Olivier awards when Matilda won all the stuff. Hold on, I’m meant to say the birth of my children, aren’t I?
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An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
Kind, fun and that I cared.
Being a decent person.
I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.
I’d change my mindset and not be so hard on myself, and impart the knowledge that other people’s intentions aren’t always as well-meaning as my own.
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