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The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 June 2026 source ↗
The fact that I smoke.
Not being able to fend for myself and being a burden to others.
I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
Nothing: I live in the now.
An actor. I watched a lot of TV because we lived in the countryside and the weather was so bad.
You are your own greatest asset.
Any time I’m in rehearsals.
I’ve a phobia of statues. It does go back to childhood. My parents brought me to look at a French church late at night. Since then I can’t deal with them.
My mother, because when I’m stressed, I can be really horrible to her.
I started my career not getting jobs, but then you learn that 95% of this job is not getting jobs, and you just have to make peace with it.
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