Steffi Graf: What keeps you awake at night?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.

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Recorded Steffi Graf said elsewhere, not written here

Andre, the kids, my foundation and sometimes the dogs.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Michelle Dockery British actress

Most things really. I’m a night owl.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗

Julien Macdonald Welsh fashion designer

Thinking about the next day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 October 2016 source ↗

Daniel Mays British actor

The light in my neighbours’ kitchen because they still haven’t put a blind up.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2020 source ↗

My work. What shape will it take?

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗

My happiness lives in the present. It's my life this morning, this evening, with Andre, my kids.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

He said it was guacamole. It was wasabi.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

A pause button. If I could be watching my kids enjoy something, and hit pause to make it last.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

The man I know the best: Andre.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

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