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What do you consider your greatest achievement?

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Ed Harris American actor and director
Other than being a decent father, Pollock.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗
David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality
Singing on the Berlin Wall to a million people in 1989.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
Rupert Graves English actor
Remembering to do things in order, because I have to transcend my nature, which is haphazard.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗
Joely Richardson British actress
My one-woman show playing Emily Dickinson: two hours by myself on stage and over 50 performances. I’m really happy I had the guts to do that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗
Jo Brand English entertainer
Getting up the noses of a handful of truly horrible misogynists.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗
Ice-T American rapper and actor
The transition from streetlife to the legitimate world.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗
Lionel Shriver American author
A selection of single paragraphs that perfectly capture something I’ve thought or felt, even if it’s shameful or perverse.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 May 2016 source ↗
Eddie Izzard British comedian and actress
The double marathon on the last day of my 27 marathons in 27 days.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗
Donny Osmond American singer, dancer, actor, television host
Eight grandchildren, five sons and my one wife.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2016 source ↗
Sheena Easton Scottish singer
When I started out, people thought I was going to be a flash in the pan, but I’m still working.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2017 source ↗
Cynthia Nixon American actress and politician
My children, and my sanity. For a child actor, I think it’s noteworthy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
One of the things that Michelle and I are proud of is that we came through the White House with our souls intact. Everybody has heard: Power corrupts. I do think if you are placed in such an artificial situation, and your office has great importance, there is a tendency for people to want to please you. To not be as honest with you. We fought against that.
Recorded Ben Tiggelaar, Forward Thinking Leadership, Amsterdam, Ben Tiggelaar, 28 September 2018 source ↗

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