The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. When I was younger, I lived in Mumbai and, as a kid from England, I was traumatised by seeing children on the street without limbs.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗
Being friends with all of the people I grew up with.
Getting elected with 85% of the vote.
Still being an actor after 36 years.
My marriage and my sobriety. The sobriety makes the marriage possible.
Redeeming mortgages. I did it for a few weeks, and it sealed the deal that I wanted a career in entertainment.
When I got a doctorate from my alma mater, Brunel. My mother always wanted me to become a doctor.
My dog, Mr Q, because he has the saddest look when I leave.
Everyone cutting out social media for one day a week.
Mathew Varghese, an orthopaedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward in Delhi. He provides reconstructive surgery to help survivors walk.
I was rejected by EastEnders, having been called three times. I was heartbroken.
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