Tim Minchin: How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Tim Minchin

Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian

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Anxiety, mostly, once you have kids.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗

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Hamza Yassin

Hurtful, hard, like concrete but also the soft, silky, smooth, cool pillow that you lay your head on. It’s like birds singing in the morning with the aurora going over your head at night. That’s love for me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

Lupita Nyong'o Actress

Like the froth on top of a hot chocolate.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗

Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian

Utterly relentless warmth and peace.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗

Adam Clayton

It feels like somebody giving you the keys to unlocking who you really are.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Maybe when my wife Sarah and I were walking back to our hotel in Covent Garden, London, through the snow after the Olivier awards when Matilda won all the stuff. Hold on, I’m meant to say the birth of my children, aren’t I?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I’d take back some dumb shit I said when I had no audience and found that being shocking made people laugh.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗

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