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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2012 source ↗
1 March 1991, when I got back on the stage almost a year after a road accident in our tour bus. I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest. That was euphoric.
Our last holiday together in Pangkor Laut.
Playing ping pong in LA.
Now. Without a doubt
Loyalty, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, reliability.
Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
Not always standing up for myself enough.
I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
Lance Black, Viv Albertine, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Irvine Welsh, Meg Rosoff, Sue Townsend
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