Adele Parks: 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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Adele Parks

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A mix – safety to be yourself, acceptance, a feeling of peace and reliance, but also challenge, whether that’s intellectual or emotional.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

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Simon Callow British actor

Like having a foundation.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2017 source ↗

Riz Ahmed British actor and rapper

Openness, curiosity and compassion.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 April 2021 source ↗

Melissa McCarthy American actress

There is an ease to it. It’s not all butterflies and sky rockets, it’s more like absolute comfort.

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

Rosanna Arquette American actress

Real love feels like freedom.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗

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How much my son loves me, particularly considering I’ve had a huge career.

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I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.

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I would become fitter younger. Because I would have been hotter younger!

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Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

When I was in my 20s, I had an uncle who took his own life. I would like a second chance to say: “Hang in there.” My parents were living abroad, and me and my sister were just too young to notice the flags.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

A sushi chef in my kitchen.

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Enthusiastic, resilient, empathetic.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

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