Simon Bird: What thought won't let you sleep?

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Simon Bird

English actor and comedian

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Just crippling existential dread.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Griff Rhys Jones British actor and comedian

The next morning. It rarely turns out as bad as I think it’s going to be.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗

Craig David British singer

A new song just finished.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2016 source ↗

Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer

Lack of magnesium.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗

kd lang Canadian musician

Inconsequential things like whether my basketball team, the Portland Trail Blazers, can get it together for the play-offs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2021 source ↗

My sister's wedding. Probably a bit of grit in my eye or something. Let's not make a big deal out of it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2014 source ↗

Candle In The Wind.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2014 source ↗

That they stopped making Toffos.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2014 source ↗

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