A flight from Paraguay to South Africa that went badly wrong. The plane nearly fell out of the sky and the oxygen masks dropped. People were screaming but the pilot saved the day, and then apparently never flew again.

I was caught by a wave while swimming at night with friends in Southampton. That shook me.

On the interstate. Anyone who has driven in the United States will know that you are always very close to death – it is like the wild west on the freeways.

Probably when I didn’t sleep for a week on drugs in 2009. I’d had a lot of meth and my heart felt like it was giving out. I remember climbing over balconies really high up, and I thought I was going to die, until I eventually fell asleep in someone’s garden.

I Happen To Like New York: I tell people all the time, so they will be sure not to forget.

Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.

When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.

Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.

Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.

As a citizen, a person involved in my community.