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I’ve got vertigo, so anything to do with heights.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
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Joan Rivers
Comedian
Being poor—or, worse, having Kelsey Grammer fight with Teddy Kennedy over who is to drive me home.
Generally? Hurting someone’s feelings. Specifically? Being kidnapped while on vacation.
Drowning. The feeling of not being able to take a breath. I’m sure my therapist would have something to say about the deep psychological reasons for it.
A plane that I’m on plunging into the sea. Aside from that, pigeons.
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Not feeling like you have to be anywhere else.
Control freakery in the kitchen.
When I left drama school, I thought I was going to work at the Royal Court and tell stories about political injustice. I got cast in ITV murder mysteries.
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