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

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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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Mandy Patinkin American actor and singer

Love is a religious experience, which then requires me to define religion, which I define as everything I don’t understand.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2019 source ↗

Dan Stevens English actor

Like somebody’s painted the world a different colour.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗

A Pot Noodle on a cold day.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗

Sara Cox English broadcaster

A full belly and a nice nap.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2019 source ↗

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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 ↗

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 ↗

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