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The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2025 source ↗
I bought a Mercedes convertible brand new in 2016 and I’ve only done 4,000 miles. I love cars – if I’m going to blow it, it’ll be on a sports car. I already have my eyes on the next one – I’ll get Simon Cowell to buy it.
Insurance – it’s such a scam.
Every time I got a lucrative voiceover, I bought a picture. The most expensive was by James Gillray.
A painting by Renoir, paid for by demanding a huge fee for a screenwriting deal with a producer I didn’t want to work for. The movie was never made.
In school, I was 11, and we had to paint a picture of family life. My painting was held up to the class and I was told it looked like a spider with ink on its feet had walked across the page. It was done so viciously – humiliating.
Each time I gave birth.
Like you’ve got hot-water bottles all over you.
Life is never fair.
Kind, thoughtful and gave damn good advice.
My daughters and granddaughters.
Rachel Whiteread, Alison Steadman, Emma Barnett, Michael Ball, Shappi Khorsandi, Edward Fox
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