The question
What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
It would be a racist comment.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗
The second agent I had said: “The thing is, you look like something but then you open your mouth.” So I got myself a sketch show and left, and she lost out.
“You were amazing in Game of Thrones.” I say it’s the worst thing – it’s also the best!
Glenda Jackson said I was an amateur during rehearsal for The White Devil at the Old Vic. I called her a cow, but that was inadequate.
“You’ll never do well as an actor unless you change your name.” I’m not going to say who.
Worry about the things you can control and don’t worry about the things you can’t.
I was 17 and about to go on a first date with my first boyfriend. I was so desperate for my mum not to meet him that I was trying to get to the door before she did. I ran down the stairs as she opened it, and slid down the last five steps on my arse.
Self-flagellation.
Loyal, relentless, goofy.
By my friends and loved ones as someone who loved ferociously and always had their back.
Being able to cram the quality of eight hours’ sleep into four.
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