The question
What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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I don't want to think that far ahead, but a song I like is Herb Alpert's This Guy's In Love With You. Let's pretend it's going to be played at my wedding instead.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2013 source ↗
I want people to really, really cry so The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams.
Do You Hear The People Sing? from Les Mis.
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
More clarity, or if I went to the gym more.
My dad, because he is full of integrity and good humour; and my grandad, because he's full of the same.
I got injured when I was a kid and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. Now I am quite happy being an actor but, at the time, that was the biggest thing to overcome.
I believe happiness is in the moment, so now.
Sienna Miller, Rupert Graves, Cynthia Nixon, Steve Pemberton, Emilia Fox, Aidan Gillen
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