Living a fairytale.
How would you describe yourself in three words?
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
Taste & recommendation
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
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Loving, odd, playful. Jeepers, I’ve described myself like a damaged rescue puppy.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗
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Kind, fun and professional.
Brave, naughty, diligent.
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View profile →I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
Being loved by my family and friends despite my personality.
“Sorry, I don’t mean to insult you, but did you know you look a bit like that actress Siobhán McSweeney?”
My impotence in the face of war.
Physically, falling off my bike two years ago. Emotionally, when my mother died when I was 27.
Politics. And casting directors.
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