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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 April 2022 source ↗
I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
An actress. My family thought it was ridiculous, it was like saying you wanted to be an astronaut.
I had no idea whatsoever, and nor did anyone else. I thought I’d go to art school and see whether I liked it – and of course I did, and stayed.
I had dreams of becoming the first scouse pope. Unfortunately, the girls got to me first.
An electric car.
People are often traumatised by the sleeplessness in the first years of their children’s lives, but I was insanely happy to be married and have two children. The only dark cloud was how much we were loathed for having babies who slept through the night.
Undiagnosed VIPoma in 2018.
In rehearsals. The play is very funny about mothers and daughters, but one of the gags hit a raw nerve.
All the things I ought to have done.
David Harewood, Joanna Scanlan, Mathew Horne, John Malkovich, Martin Sheen, Ralph Ineson
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