Anna Friel: What does love feel like? — FLAPSS

What does love feel like?

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Warm, comforting, hopeful, inspiring and daft.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

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Sara Cox English broadcaster

A full belly and a nice nap.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2019 source ↗

Adjoa Andoh English actress

Like being three and dancing, giddy with joy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗

Julie Andrews English actress, singer and author

As you go through life, you discover so many forms of love – passionate, compassionate, familial, friendship. Love is hard to describe but it’s wonderful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2019 source ↗

Mo Gilligan British comedian

I always relate love to happiness.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗

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Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight

Finding out I was pregnant when I’d been told it would be difficult to have children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

Question What has been your biggest disappointment? Failure & regret

Getting down to the last two of certain jobs (Gangs Of New York and Fight Club) and being thwarted at the last second.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

I nearly died by burst ovarian cyst in 2001. I was doing the front cover of a magazine and someone said, “Can you not pull your tummy in?” It turned out that I had been carrying two litres of blood in my stomach. I was rushed to hospital the next morning and nearly died of septicaemia. They had to give me two blood transfusions. Had it been an hour later it would have been bye bye.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

Question What did you want to be when you were growing up? Identity & self

A barrister or a pop star.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

Question What song would you like played at your funeral? Death & what remains

Weird Fishes by Radiohead.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

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