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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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A receding hairline.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗
Running out of time.
Having conversations with young people who you remember being born.
Being alone and other people getting busier with families and life.
The fact that I smoke.
Not getting to the point.
My partner was doing a play in Hong Kong last year and I went to visit him, and I bought him a beautiful teacup. But I didn’t look at the price tag before I took it to the till and it was £100, the most expensive teacup imaginable.
I would try and get to being comfortable with myself quicker.
I think we go back into the earth.
My failed driving test a few months ago. I got three majors and by the end of it the examiner couldn’t wait to get out of the car.
I spent about five years living in Paris thinking I would become Kristin Scott Thomas, and it didn’t happen.
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