The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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In despair, because of my wife’s illness.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
Listening to a song that my brother-in-law – the brother of Jason, my first husband – wrote, about how hard it was to live without his brother.
Last night, getting ready for a scene.
I cry when I am overtired.
Driving the other day; thinking about being 19 and being in prison, tears came to my eyes.
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
When I was doing a masterclass at a theatre and I had to leave the stage because I was about to shit my pants.
Curious, energetic, droll.
The rest is silence.
At university in the 60s, I thought social justice was going to improve exponentially. How wrong I was.
Edward Bond, the playwright, said I was like a turd flowing on the effluent of British culture.
Erin Doherty, Andy Serkis, Anne Enright, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Phoebe Dynevor, Ray Mears
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