Do you have a high pain threshold?

I believe so.

What book do you recommend most to others?

I adored The Goldfinch [by Donna Tartt] and A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and also JD Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye. And I just finished Tara Westover’s Educated [a coming of age memoir about a young woman born into a strict Mormon family who studies her way out of it] which I would absolutely recommend to anyone.

Which lesson has been the hardest to learn?

That love is not enough. Although I’m still not sure I subscribe to that.

What food sums up happiness?

Any food in a bowl. Weirdly I love eating out of bowls.

What have you never understood?

Canal barge holidays.

What is the one thing you want to know before you die?

How did the pyramids get there?

Are you scared of dying or what happens when you die?

Nah. It’s a waste of energy. Curious, yes. Unless I’m on a rollercoaster and then I’m scared of dying.

Quinoa or Quavers?

Sorry folks, quinoa. In a bowl.

Jenna Coleman is appearing in All My Sons at The Old Vic Theatre until 8 June 2019, the production will be broadcast live to cinemas on 14 May 2019 as part of NT Live; oldvictheatre.com

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