The question
When were you most embarrassed?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am in a public profession, so take your pick. It’s all embarrassing.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗
Appearing on a Paris catwalk in a beard.
During the technical rehearsal of Aspects of Love in 1989. They told me it would be discreetly lit because I was paranoid about being in just my pants. I walked on and every spotlight in the building followed me round the stage.
When I was a teenager, I laughed at a joke I didn’t understand. Whoever told the joke turned to me and said, “What are you laughing at?” Of course I didn’t know and he obviously knew I didn’t know. It was excruciating.
Giving a speech in high school at a pep rally that wasn’t going so well and the dean unplugged the mic. Apparently, I was rambling and the spirit of the cafeteria was being weighed down.
Not very concise.
Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.
Your heart walking around outside your body.
An understanding that kindness is the answer.
About five years ago, a half-tonne tree branch fell and missed me by three feet.
We are not here for long – try not to take everything too seriously.
Minnie Driver, Richard Eyre, Edward Enninful, Kerry Godliman, John Simm, Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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