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Thinking that singing makes me fit.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2024 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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View all 239 →My pathological incapacity to say no.
When I “poll the audience” and my need to please others.
David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, and television personality
Holding a grudge.
Robert De Niro
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I’m certainly not going to tell it here.
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View profile →I’ve been a strong advocate that all my five children should be great swimmers, so you can deduce what my fear is.
Unfriendliness.
Full of passion and laughter.
That moment in Bilbao in 2020, when I tried to cross the street and did a pirouette and suffered a dreadful break in my right leg, which means now I have 10 screws and a band in it.
One horrible afternoon in Chicago when I forgot my words in The Marriage of Figaro, in a role I’d sung hundreds of times.
“You’re a wonderful musician but a terrible friend.” It was Daniel Barenboim, the famous conductor, because I didn’t have time in the calendar to work with him.
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