Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
I had no idea whatsoever, and nor did anyone else. I thought I’d go to art school and see whether I liked it – and of course I did, and stayed.
An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
One of the Ghostbusters.
I didn’t want to be anything because I don’t look ahead. Even as a kid I thought it was pointless.
Magical, warm, but also butterflies.
When I was seven or eight, I got run over and was actually under the car, which was scary. I just ran out; it was totally my fault. I was fine – all I got was a tiny scar on my knee.
As a good person who was kind, funny, and a little bit naughty.
I would edit my worry, because I suffer from anxiety, which ruins some moments.
I am a good sleeper.
To Jade, my other half, because I can be hard work sometimes, and he is the most calm and understanding person I’ve ever met.
Marc Almond, Joan Jett, Engelbert Humperdinck, Julian Lennon, Julie Andrews, Father John Misty
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