The question
Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate until after she’d gone that she was a vulnerable human being. I just expected her to know everything and be everything.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗
My younger self for not believing in her.
The people I never thanked for what they selflessly gave me in my career; when I was younger I just took it for granted.
No one, I’m pretty good at saying sorry.
To my first real boyfriend, for being so mean to him. But really I was just being mean to myself.
I spent £600 on Rudolf Nureyev’s ballet shoes after he died. He was the biggest idol in my life and influenced me hugely.
I would never have gone on a diet. I would go back with the knowledge that not being perfect is fine.
Judith Clark, on whom I based my character in the prison trilogy. She has served over 35 years and turned herself around. She is an inspiration.
In some way your life is doubled. You’re you and the other person.
An actor. When I was really young, I wanted to be a fishmonger’s wife.
When I got to 40 and realised I hadn’t read all the books I needed to read to understand the world.
Mandy Patinkin, Charlotte Rampling, Minnie Driver, Griff Rhys Jones, Aidan Gillen, Martin Freeman
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