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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.
That way madness lies.
Making songs that are more famous than me.
I’ve helped create a path for young black actors. When I go to swanky Hollywood dos, it’s great to see more and more young black British faces. I can remember a time when I was the only one there.
“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
As a singer who did everything her way, no compromise.
I wouldn’t take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends that I’d edit out of my life.
On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.
Bryn Terfel, Jim Kerr, Laura Mvula, Kate Nash, Jason Derulo, Shakin' Stevens
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