There’s a tweet somewhere saying, “If you like Africa so much, why don’t you go back there.” It was because I dedicated one of my dances to my three mothers – Mother Africa, Mother Nature and my mother.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What keeps you awake at night?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Rex Harrison told me I had absolutely no comic timing.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗
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“I would love to go on a date with you, but I’d be too embarrassed.”
In school, I was 11, and we had to paint a picture of family life. My painting was held up to the class and I was told it looked like a spider with ink on its feet had walked across the page. It was done so viciously – humiliating.
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I would have gone to my singing lessons at Guildhall.
As good enough.
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