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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 July 2021 source ↗
Right now. Ask me again when my children are grown, and I’ll sob, “When they loved me more than that woman/man they’ve shacked up with.”
Running down a hill in midsummer sunshine aged eight, singing ELO's Mr Blue Sky.
In my second year at Oxford University. There was much lolling over the side of punts on the river with languid male companions plying me with cheap champagne.
Happiness is like an elusive butterfly: whenever it comes my way, I grab it.
My body of work and maybe the fact that I got famous young and I am still here and never ended up in a jail cell.
When I was 24 or 25, I bought a Warhol canvas. It was a lot of money to throw down on a little painting, but I’ve always loved art.
My biggest teacher and my supporter over the years has been Jack Nicholson. I worked with him, we became very good friends and, every time I hit a low moment, I go visit Jack.
Lesley Sharp, Joseph Fiennes, Joanne Froggatt, Ethan Hawke, Helen George, Marianne Faithfull
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