I’m trying to write my will and I keep changing my mind.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗
The question
When did you last change your mind about something important?Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
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I’m trying to write my will and I keep changing my mind.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗
In the first few months of Nubank, I asked everybody to be here by 8:00 a.m. every day. I saw it as a test of people's commitment, and I was pretty rigid about it.
A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.
I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
Retirement – I thought it was a bad idea.
I cry a lot at films; my mother and I were champion criers at Meet Me in St Louis.
Complaining about the weather, because there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
Anything, because I’m a worrier. Also, if I’m working on a really exciting project, I can be awake like an excited child looking forward to going on holiday.
I don’t think I’ve ever done a job that I hate. I worked as a temp briefly when I was out of work and it was fun.
Not to be able to do the things that you take for granted, like running up the tube steps or going somewhere under your own steam.
I’m very impatient – next question.
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