The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I feel lucky to have been in this business for as long as I have. When I think of the intake that I was with at Rada, only one other person is still an actor, an old fellow called Bill Gaunt.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 source ↗
That I have strong, happy girls.
Haven’t done it yet.
That I’ve never killed anyone – and I’ve been tempted numerous times. My other achievement is that I went to Australia, which meant I was on a plane without smoking for almost 24 hours, and I didn’t kill anyone on that flight.
Deciding what and who I wanted to be early on in life.
The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.
To be able to play the piano like Artur Schnabel.
I cry all the time. I like crying: it means that you’re more truly aware of a circumstance or a person or an event.
Probably a suit. If you buy a good suit, it lasts beyond your lifetime.
If you have a nice drink before going to bed, you don’t stay awake at night. I like almost anything in a bottle.
Aside from family life, which is the ultimate happiness, when I see or hear a great artist.
Ed Harris, Andy Serkis, Martin Sheen, Michael Flatley, Eddie Izzard, Reece Shearsmith
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