Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗
Diving in the Virgin Islands. I lost sight of the boat and had to swim to a tiny, deserted island. After a great deal of time, the rescue boat saw me waving for my life on the rocks.
Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.
When I was an idiot high school student, as opposed to being an idiot adult, I used to drive very fast.
Having a gun held to my head at a May Day rally during the revolution in Grenada. I was mistaken for a CIA agent.
I collect old costumes: I have one of Johnny Cash’s, and Liberace’s shoes.
With time and experience you figure stuff out, so I am happiest right now.
This morning: I lost a couple of friends recently and it’s been tough.
My daughter, Coco, because divorce is so difficult.
When I was young, selling maps to stars’ homes in Hollywood, somebody flashed their wiener at me. It was traumatising.
David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
Julia Ormond, Rose McGowan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Joss Stone, Tracey Ullman, Shirley Ballas
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