Imelda Staunton: What keeps you awake at night?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Imelda Staunton said elsewhere, not written here

Snoring – and it's not me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Irish actor

Wanting to be better: a better actor, a better father.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗

Vinnie Jones English professional footballer and actor

Auditions the next day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 June 2016 source ↗

Louis Walsh Irish music manager and television personality

The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Jenna Coleman English actress

Until I got curtains recently, it was the orange street light.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

On my wedding day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2013 source ↗

Danny Boyle, for obvious reasons.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2013 source ↗

I like to live in the moment.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2013 source ↗

Not working at the Royal Court until now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2013 source ↗

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