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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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I’m actually looking forward to getting older.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2024 source ↗
Pain and loneliness.
Seeing my kids getting older scares me.
Absolutely nothing. It’s a privilege.
That I didn’t appreciate the smaller joys in life.
People give me a hard time about my hats. Over Christmas, this drunk woman shouted something about me having a shit hat because I had a red beanie on. Last week at a party, someone gave me a hard time for wearing a cap. I just think about melting ice caps when this happens.
I’ve been lugging around Doris Lessing’s books, which I have yet to read.
Two sturdy teeth.
A visual artist.
I once asked a young woman if she had ever heard of the musician Laura Marling, insinuating I knew Laura Marling, to which she replied: “I am Laura Marling.”
I would have been OK with feeling shy. In my teenage years, I thought being an actor meant that you had to be a little more performative.
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