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What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?

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Toby Stephens
A review of Phèdre said – because I was quite large at the time – Toby Stephens’s Hippolytus needs to get on a StairMaster.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2026 source ↗
Billy Crudup
I was going to a bar with friends and there was a line at the door. I’d been there before and asked the doorman to skip the line. He said, “Oh, I remember you, you were in Almost Famous, weren’t you?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he goes, “Yeah, get back in line.”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
Romesh Ranganathan English actor and comedian
My wife when I tried out some new material on her, said: “I’m sure the people who like you would like that.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗

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