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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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Aside from the night that my wife said yes, creating Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, and employing thousands of dancers for the last 30 years.
Getting a house. I didn’t think that was a possibility for me. I’ve been able to do amazing things – Netflix, tours, winning a Bafta – but having something you own is hard, so that’s really up there.
Being delusional and dreaming big.
Tricking my dad into doing naked yoga.
Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.
As a writer who championed women with grit and wit.
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
People who pretend to have perfect marriages. Perfect marriages are like orgasms – many of them are faked.
Bedpan emptier in a hospital.
Not winning any literary prizes.
Irvine Welsh, Salman Rushdie, Mark Gatiss, Siri Hustvedt, Reece Shearsmith, Fatima Bhutto
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