What keeps you awake at night?

Cybill Shepherd American actress and former model

Worrying about my children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality

Terror of the next day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

Imelda Staunton English actress and singer

Snoring – and it's not me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2013 source ↗

Donna Tartt American novelist and writer

All kinds of ridiculous things, like worrying about the lobsters I see in restaurant tanks in Chinatown.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2013 source ↗

Marc Quinn British painter and sculptor

Almost anything seems super urgent to deal with at 4am. Then I can't remember it in the morning.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2014 source ↗

George Michael English singer-songwriter

My dogs demanding my undivided attention.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2014 source ↗

Joely Richardson British actress

Fear of the future.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗

Sadie Frost English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer

Eight years ago, I didn’t sleep for more than two hours a night and was very skinny. I went to a sleep clinic, and learned techniques to switch my mind off.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 September 2015 source ↗

Jo Brand English entertainer

Foxes making extremely weird noises.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗

Lionel Shriver American author

My own bad prose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 May 2016 source ↗

Vinnie Jones English professional footballer and actor

Auditions the next day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 June 2016 source ↗

Donny Osmond American singer, dancer, actor, television host

A bad performance.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2016 source ↗

Ray Mears British woodsman and TV presenter

The sound of nightingales, but it is the most lovely sound. If someone said it was an elf playing a flute, I would believe them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2016 source ↗

Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter

The state of our government and the direction that this crazy person is taking us in.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗

Suzanne Vega American singer-songwriter

Hormones – other than that, I sleep like a rock.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗

Rachel Whiteread English artist

As I get older, sleeping gets harder. I exercise, I do mindfulness, I take drugs occasionally.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

David Guetta French DJ

My girlfriend [Cuban model Jessica Ledon].

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2017 source ↗

Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer

Lack of magnesium.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗

Courteney Cox American actress and producer

Worrying about not being able to go back to sleep.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2019 source ↗

Kim Wilde English pop singer

I sleep very soundly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗