Ralf Little: What accomplishment matters most to you? — FLAPSS

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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Ralf Little

English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer

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Having a 23-year acting career with no qualifications.

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

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Martin Sheen American actor

That I was partially responsible for bringing some extraordinary human beings into the world, and they responded to me as a loving father.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗

Being married for 17 years and having two amazing children.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 April 2025 source ↗

Marina Diamandis

Being delusional and dreaming big.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗

Elaine Paige English singer and actress

To be working still.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2016 source ↗

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Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

A watch that begins with an R.

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

Question How would you want people to remember you? 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 thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

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

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

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? 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 ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of 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 moved you to tears? Identity & self

Watching the film The Iron Giant slays me every time.

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

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