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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.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2025 source ↗
At boarding school, I was unable to get the main part in Hamlet, so I put on a production of The Homecoming with my friends. The teachers came to see it and said they didn’t know I had it in me. It felt very good.
In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.
When I was doing Knight Rider.
It would be a bad sign if I had a definite answer to that, wouldn't it?
Honesty, trustworthiness, and a deep understanding of emotions.
I most admire Steve Sondheim, who is not alive anymore. But his words and music keep him alive.
People’s need to feel superior to others. All it does is cause judgment and hate.
A peaceful, joyous time in the world…or in my head.
Abi Morgan, Abigail Breslin, Adam Kay, Adeel Akhtar, Adrian Dunbar, Adrian Edmondson
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