The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
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Silly, loving and, as an Aries, passionate.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗
Hard-working, creative, irreverent.
Steady, reaching, bewildered.
Lovely but useless.
Impulsive, enthusiastic, determined.
That everything happens for a reason.
When you’re younger you confuse love with chaos and passion and, as I’ve gotten older, I realise that love is the opposite: it’s peace and it feels safe, like home.
When I was 17, my friends and I threw a fashion show for a breast cancer charity. Breast cancer is something my mum went through when I was 14, so prevention is very close to my heart. Our singer, who was performing during the fashion show, dropped out at the last minute so I had to step in. It’s on video, and my sister always brings it up.
My mum [the actor, Sally Dynevor] in so many ways. She is the real definition of a superwoman to me.
I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
Every time I go on a plane I feel awful about it. So for me, and everyone in the world, being able to board an electric plane would be really cool.
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