Ralf Little: What keeps you awake at night? — FLAPSS

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What keeps you awake at night?

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Ralf Little

English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer

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Worry about work: it’s a precarious business being an actor.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

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Did I behave in the right way?

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗

Niamh Cusack Irish actress

The world we are bequeathing to our children and our children’s children, both climatically and politically.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗

Jack Whitehall English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

Mainly my devil dog.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Emma Barnett British broadcaster and journalist

Our son. And ideas for Woman’s Hour, or businesses to start.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2021 source ↗

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Question Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought? Money & investment

A watch that begins with an R.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Question What do you consider your greatest achievement? Craft & work

Having a 23-year acting career with no qualifications.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Question If you could edit your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I wouldn’t have tried to break up a fight when I was 17.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Question What most recently made you cry? Identity & self

Watching the film The Iron Giant slays me every time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Question What would you like to be remembered for? Death & what remains

Simply as a man who put a smile on the face of everyone he met.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have done? Craft & work

For two weeks I worked behind the players’ bar at Bolton Wanderers football club – footballers don’t tip.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

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