Rosalind Eleazar: What most recently moved you to tears? — FLAPSS

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What most recently moved you to tears?

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Rosalind Eleazar

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Watching the documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin [about a gamer who died at 25 of a degenerative muscular disease]. I bawled.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

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John Grisham American writer and lawyer

When my mom died, on 18 January this year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 December 2015 source ↗

Nadiya Hussain British television chef, baker and author

Last week, when I dropped a mug on my foot.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2016 source ↗

Orlando Bloom English actor

I lost my poodle, Mighty. He was out of my sight for just seven minutes; he went out on an adventure and didn’t come back, and was taken by a coyote, I think. It was awful, really painful; he taught me about love and loyalty, and how the connection between living beings can be.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 March 2021 source ↗

Michelle Dockery British actress

Watching Big Little Lies season 2. Shailene Woodley made me bawl.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗

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Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Working on myself. I’m a work in progress to the end.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

I don’t think you could print it, it’s so bad.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

That fear and excitement sometimes feel quite similar and you can misinterpret one for the other.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

An air traffic controller.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

I think that we dissolve into the soil and new things sprout from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Oversharing my personal life, but here we are, oversharing!

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

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