Kerry Godliman: What most recently moved you to tears?

The question

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 192 →

Courtney Pine British jazz musician

When my new-born daughter Cleopatra died and I wasn’t there. I was doing a US tour and I remember sitting down in an airport and losing it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗

Róisín Murphy

Last week, because of an ear infection: I cried my eyes out when they put a big injection into my arse.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2023 source ↗

Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

Two weeks before shooting – after some of our financing dropped out – when the producers said I had to cut a week’s worth of scenes out of my script. I was on location and away from my daughters [currently in middle and high school] who I felt were needing a mother.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗

Rita Ora British singer-songwriter