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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
I was very shy, but I knew that this lady was special,…So I had enough nerve to ask for her phone number.
Like a true connection – if you are away, you feel an aching, and when you’re together, you feel complete.
A hot sauna and then an icy dip.
Like safety, that you've got everything covered; no stress, no fear.
Filming a TV show in a field in the snow in February in the Dublin hills for 14 hours; the director said, “We’re not going to get that shot today.”
The Fake Sheikh did a sting on me once and the News of the World headline was “Craig Charles is an evil drug-pushing monster”. That wasn’t good on the school run, I’ll tell you that.
Selfishness and cruelty.
Losing my marbles.
A Rolls-Royce. I met my wife, Jackie, when I was filming a Lynda La Plante drama called The Governor. I fell in love with her instantly and I was bullshitting that I had a Rolls-Royce. When I finished filming, she decided to leave her country and come and live with me in London. On the way to the airport, I phoned my PA and said, “Go and buy a Rolls-Royce.”
To my parents for all the mess-ups. There have been times when I’ve been going through something and I’ve thought, God, I’m so glad my mum and dad are dead, because they don’t have to go through it with me.
Daryl McCormack, Jessica Hynes, Noel Clarke, Adjoa Andoh, Ann Dowd, Robert Bathurst
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