Carrie Fisher
Actor and writer
A bad death . . . fast or slow.
Identity & self
What is your greatest fear?
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Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
Losing my family in some way.
Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
The concept of eternity.
Seth Meyers
American comedian and TV host
Running out of ideas.
Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
That it all goes away and never comes back.
Zadie Smith
Novelist and essayist
Violent death. Death generally.
Father John Misty
American musician
Getting thrown down a well.
Angela Griffin
British actress and television presenter
Not working. I want to be one of those old actors on the set of Casualty at 95, who quietly passes away in the actual scene rather than at home.
Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
Heights. For Children in Need, I had to abseil off the Orbit in the Olympic Park. It was the most terrifying thing I’ve done.
Felicity Jones
British actress
Not enough food in the fridge.
Jason Manford
English comedian and singer
Wasting my life.
Losing my mind.
Romesh Ranganathan
English actor and comedian
My children ending up anything like me.
Those abduction situations where you’re packed in a bunker for 30 years.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
English actor
It’s actually people knowing how fearful I am.
Losing my makeup bag.
Fear is for frightened people. I’m not one of those.
I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
I’m afraid of the dark.
Getting to the end and thinking that I haven’t laughed enough.
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