The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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On the way here, because I was late.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2026 source ↗
I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.
Funerals and, annoyingly, athletics medal ceremonies.
Last week – A303 eastbound carriageway closures.
My last dance with Jowita, my dance partner. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster; she’s taught me so much about myself and I grew as a result. I’m more confident, more understanding, more respectful, more attuned with myself and others, more mentally strong.
Be true to yourself.
Finally nailing being on time.
Alanis Morissette because, in my earlier career, she was a big influence on me and had a feistiness that you didn’t see much of in women in the industry. Also, she has been very vocal about mental health issues.
As an Italian, tinned spaghetti. As a child, I was once served it at someone’s house. It was quite frightening.
I’ve enjoyed every single job, including working at my dad’s chicken shop selling potato gems (fried potato circles) to the surfer dudes.
None. I’m not ashamed. I’m dyslexic so I don’t read a lot of books.
Charlotte Rampling, Bobbi Brown, Kerry Godliman, Geoffrey Rush, Richard Eyre, Julie Delpy
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