Julian Sands
British actor
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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When were you happiest?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
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David Haye
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Muhammad Ali – he made boxing the glamorous sport it is today. Last month I launched a petition to grant him an honorary knighthood.
Paul Weller
English singer-songwriter and musician
David Attenborough, because he sticks to what he loves and is still passionate about it. God bless him.
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Thinking about all the worst possible things: losing people, dying, how am I going to die? All that sort of stuff. I stay awake thinking about furniture and shoes as well. It’s not all death.
A really careful lobotomy, to switch off bits of my brain.
“I don’t love you.”
I wanted to be a footballer and then a squash player – I was in with a chance because I was very good. But I fell out of love with that by 14 or 15 and joined a youth theatre.
When I am in Italy with the family, not thinking about work.
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