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When were you most embarrassed?Originally asked
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Missing a cue on stage. I had to come on and move a piece of furniture with another actor and I completely forgot. I looked at the monitor and said, “Why is he standing on his own?” And somebody said, “Aren’t you meant to help him?”
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Years ago in a safari park in South Africa, and getting all dressed up for dinner. Walking across the lawn, I didn’t realise there was a swimming pool that hadn’t been lit and walked straight into the shallow end fully clothed. It still haunts me. I remember trying to get out as if no one would notice.
One of the first TV appearances that our band made in America, on the Craig Ferguson show. I forgot the lyrics to Little Lion Man and then broke two strings.
When my trousers split on stage in Burn the Floor in Australia. I had always been warned to wear my flesh underwear and I did not that day.
Fainting as a chorister in Winchester Cathedral in the middle of a service.
Less phone use.
Not actualising my full potential.
For being joyful.
Oversharing. I long to be intimately connected to people and sometimes, among strangers, I don’t read the room.
A sense of home.
Weirdly, sometimes exhaustion keeps me awake. If I am really tired, I won’t sleep well.
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