Lorraine Pascale: What most recently moved you to tears?

The question

What most recently moved you to tears?

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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Lorraine Pascale

British model and cook

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

When I spilled hot fat on my hand a couple of weeks ago.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2014 source ↗

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Abigail Breslin American actress

Two days ago, on the plane back to New York, watching Love Actually.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2014 source ↗

Roger Allam English actor

Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗

Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

Two weeks before shooting – after some of our financing dropped out – when the producers said I had to cut a week’s worth of scenes out of my script. I was on location and away from my daughters [currently in middle and high school] who I felt were needing a mother.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗

Lleyton Hewitt Australian professional tennis player