Robert Bathurst
English theatre and television actor
Funerals and, annoyingly, athletics medal ceremonies.
What most recently made you cry?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
Identity & self
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What scares you about getting older?
Time & hindsight
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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At my mother’s funeral last year.
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Samira Ahmed
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Meeting Richard Ratcliffe outside the Foreign Office during his hunger strike to try to get action to free Nazanin. I’m moved by the loyalty and strength of that couple and their family.
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Very recently, when a graduate at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology gave the most brilliant speech on behalf of the students at our first graduation.
Abi Morgan
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Yesterday. Everything seemed impossible.
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Warm, intelligent, accommodating.
About five years ago, I was in a play that was an unmitigated disaster. I had to rally the troops and go out every night.
That I am a terrible actor.
Pain and loneliness.
As a decent human being.
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