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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2019 source ↗
My wife. I am a lavish present-giver. I love worshipping my wife with beautiful bits and pieces – it is one of my greatest pleasures.
I went overboard on the money I invested in the production of Allegiance. It did not return, but it was fulfilling that I was able to tell a story that’s dear.
A walk-on part for my mum in Les Misérables. It was in a charity auction. She always dreamed of being in a West End show.
A Matisse and my Leica camera.
I was a bailiff for half a morning. I couldn’t stand it.
I had no idea. When I was a week away from leaving school, a teacher said, “We’ve been talking in the staffroom and we all think you should be an actor.” I thought, “That’s exactly what I want.” The rest is history.
My first girlfriend when I left drama school. I was a bit of tart.
Having my family closer.
I would have had a bit more belief in myself: I would have reached for America sooner.
After my documentary aired. I suddenly had a bit of panic, because it’s very personal. I couldn’t watch it on the night, I was so scared. The next day people were walking up to me on the street and telling me their life story. It was extraordinary.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Jenny Agutter, Stephen Dorff, Warwick Davis, Cybill Shepherd, Dominic Cooper
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