Anna Paquin: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Anna Paquin said elsewhere, not written here

My husband and I own some art, but we are not huge spenders.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗

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Bella Freud British fashion designer

An Andy Warhol Polaroid of Debbie Harry.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2017 source ↗

du Beke English dancer and TV presenter

I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗

Cybill Shepherd American actress and former model

A $100,000 Mercedes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

Robert Carlyle Scottish actor

My wedding. It was at Skibo Castle long before Madonna or any of those people went there.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗

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I don’t think there’s a single moment. Every day that you wake up and your family is healthy and OK is a daily gratitude and happiness for me.

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Question Which living person do you most admire, and why? Values & belief

I am really loving the badass co-captain of the US soccer team, Megan Rapinoe. She is exceptionally hard-working and talented, and stands up for what she believes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗

Question What do you consider your greatest achievement? Craft & work

I hope that’s yet to come. My Oscar? That was a combination of Holly Hunter being an amazing actress, Jane being an extraordinary director and me being in the right place at the right time. I had no idea what I was doing. It’s given me this amazing life, but it’s not the highlight of my career.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗