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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗
I’ve been very fortunate in that respect. In the early days I liked to be the bomb of the expedition, and rush on ahead and do things faster than anybody else. Those days merged very pleasantly into periods when I organized and inspired expeditions and selected these younger people who were then the bombs of the operation. And then it drifted into this involvement with the people of the area, still loving the mountains, but finding the people just as important too. And on and on it’s gone. As I get older and less physically capable, I find other challenges have grown up and become just as important to me.
Not being able to perform adequately.
Getting even older.
Forgetting the wonderful memories I have got from throughout my life. Three years ago, I was diagnosed with dementia.
Like everything is in high definition, and life is on your side.
Optimistic, creative, resilient.
I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
Being an actor is inherently embarrassing. You have to embrace it.
Probably watching some poor abandoned cat or dog being nursed back to life by a stranger on YouTube.
Lack of confidence masquerading as perfectionism.
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