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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2012 source ↗
On the island of Bequia—one summer, out of the blue, a benefactor (thank you, Charlene) flew our entire family there and put us up in a cliffside house that was a weird mixture of Gaudí and Fred Flintstone and where we went to sleep at eight and got up at five. In between we read, swam, hiked, and unknowingly enjoyed the last moment before the irrevocable shear of adolescence set in.
When I hit 30 and managed to get a council flat in London. It was in the most terrible state, but it was bliss to have a flat of my own.
At the birth of my children; when Lennox Lewis was crowned undisputed world heavyweight champion; and the day I had my final gender reassignment operation.
Right now. I think I was born in my early 30s and I am finally catching up to my age. It’s fine to be a bit like Frasier now, but it’s probably not ideal when you are 12.
Dolly Parton – she worked her way up from nothing.
A family of my own, I guess, though it terrifies me.
Samuel L Jackson, Adrian Dunbar, Cynthia Nixon, Pauline McLynn, Alan Cumming, Steve Pemberton
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