Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗
My friend Billy Connolly, for his incredible sense of humour and wit. But greater than that is Billy’s courage and sheer chutzpah, to take his Parkinson’s and make it central to his brilliance as a performer.
My buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
Mandela. Also, artists and painters. I admire people who are creative.
Malala Yousafzai; she’s a wonderful humanitarian.
Washing dishes when I was a student.
A critic once said she wanted to lift a carpet, put me under it and hold it down until I stopped moving.
Playing a pregnant woman, and not being able to find the padding - I shoved a cardie under my dress, and spent the whole play walking around with a sleeve dragging along the floor.
I would never have smoked - I gave up years ago.
Lack of understanding and tolerance.
When I read about the abuse of Baby P.
Joely Richardson, James Norton, Melissa McCarthy, Ice-T, David Hasselhoff, Vicky McClure
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