Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actress
Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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.
The moment my daughter was born in 1999, because it took me seven years to conceive.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2020 source ↗
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When I won my first Oscar. Oh, wait – that was Amy Adams.
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March 1981 – preparing to open The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, for a new season.
Nora Ephron
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Yesterday – I had a delicious tomato sandwich, on toasted sourdough bread, with mayonnaise.
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In my first job in film, a giant bloke dressed like a sumo wrestler asked me to get his G-string out of his arse. He said he couldn’t reach it.
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