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I don't know what else we're supposed to do when we're here. Because it's over so fucking quickly, we should just laugh more. Just laugh more. I agree. I agree. Good. And you've got much more time to do it, which is good. You can start early. I wish someone had told me at 27. Oi, cheer up. Stop being so sad. When I was 27, I didn't win an Oscar and I was really upset about it.

And my dad was like, oh, for fuck sake, like, get over it. You're 27. Like, loads more terrible shit's going to happen to you. Be more worried about that. This is literally nothing. You know, I felt the same way going back home for Christmas. I said, you know, I'm not

winning an Oscar this year. I don't get it. Now, I didn't make a film, but I still think. Back in the 90s, my favorite David Letterman joke every time they would have, like, Ebert and Siskel on. You know, they'd do like their Oscar preview. And David Letterman would say, God, you know, It's so upsetting. Barba Streisand once again snubbed.

And Roger would say, well, she didn't make a picture that year.

Like, does it? And David Letterman would say, God, you know, it's so upsetting. Barbara Streisand once again snubbed.

And Roger would say, well, she didn't make a picture that year.

Like, doesn't matter.

She got snubbed.

She got snubbed once again.

Barbara.

And that was you at 27, and it's me today.

Snubbed.

Didn't make a film.

Hello, I'm Minnie Driver.

Welcome to MiniQu Mini Questions Season 2.

I've always loved Proust's questionnaire.

It was originally an 19th century parlor game where players would ask each other 35 questions

aimed at revealing the other player's true nature.

It's just the scientific method, really. In asking different

people the same set of questions, you can make observations about which truths appear to be universal.

I love this discipline. And it made me wonder, what if these questions were just the jumping

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