Terry O'Neill
British photographer
I cry about 10 times a week. I’m a real softy.
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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I play Classic FM in the car – emotional music brings me to tears thinking about people I’ve loved and lost.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2025 source ↗
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Simon Bird
English actor and comedian
My sister's wedding. Probably a bit of grit in my eye or something. Let's not make a big deal out of it.
Carlos Acosta
Cuban ballet dancer
A few nights ago I was crying in my sleep, dreaming of my dead parents.
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View profile →One after the other, thoughts come banging in – and it’s no sleep for you tonight, dearie.
Kind, thoughtful and gave damn good advice.
Being let go from Strictly.
A Biba dress when I really couldn’t afford it. It was every scrap of my money and I’ve never parted with it.
Life is never fair.
In a Dagenham factory at 6am, picking soldiers’ greatcoats from wars around the world to sell at the market in Chelsea. I smelled like mothballs, and no one would come near me.
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