It sounds really arrogant, but my music’s my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else’s.
‘Intermission’ was my favourite film.
I was always interested in the arts as a child – drawing, painting, and piano – but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school – if I wasn’t in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I’d be in the art room finishing up some type of project.
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.
We used to have prawn tempura: that was my mother’s favourite dish. But she had to go out to work instead of my father, so she couldn’t find the time to cook nice meals. So we ate more modern food: a lot of frozen and instant food. But I never complained about it to my mother.
It’s equal opportunity for all, and we don’t play favourites.
My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.
I loved ‘Middlemarch,’ I think that’s one of my favourite books of all time, actually.
We often come across certain directors who mention some of their own flops as their favourites. They will blame the viewers for not realising its merits. I think that is plain hypocrisy.
I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies – I’ll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is ‘Sunset Boulevard’ starring Gloria Swanson.
My favourite thing to wear is a saree.
I am fond of turkey with all the stuffing, which is my favourite!
I love collecting guitars, even though I can’t play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer.
My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then ‘just one more’ until your favourite track comes on.
My favourite vintage shop in New York is called Screaming Mimi’s, and whenever I go, I’ll spend three hours in there just trawling.
I love ‘Anne of Green Gables.’ I have for years. That’s one of my favourite things. She’s such a can-do kind of girl; that’s why I’m crazy about her.
I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.
Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly.
My favourite room in my house is easily the top room, which is a bedroom but also a bathroom, with a big, wooden carved bath, two huge fireplaces and a raised bit in the corner for performances. I’ve had some really lovely parties and poetry readings up there.
I can make chicken curry, rice, kheema… I am a foodie and enjoy varied cuisines. My favourites are Korean and Japanese.
I am my favourite villain!
I grew up listening to Nick Drake. Without him, I would not write music – and ‘Pink Moon’ is my favourite LP.
My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.
Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child.
I always modeled myself on Ronaldinho. He was one of my favourites who I followed a lot – his magic made us want to imitate him and his football. Is my goal celebration a tribute to him? Yes, of course. I like him a lot.
I listened to John Denver and Simon & Garfunkel. Edith Piaf was a huge favourite. Then I discovered musicals – I loved ‘Les Miserables’ – and, at about 14, I started listening to David Gray.
When I was in Mumbai for the promotion of ‘Makkhi,’ I met Ajay Devgn, Kajol, and Shah Rukh Khan, and I wanted to meet Aamir Khan. He was shooting out of India. I also met my favourite director, Raju Hirani. All of them showered praises on ‘Makkhi.’
Growing up, I was like any Aussie kid – you know we love our sport – that was my favourite subject at school. That is a subject, right?
As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, ‘She looks too healthy,’ which of course translates as, ‘She needs to lose weight.’
We players are very well aware that being a favourite won’t win you a game, that your jersey won’t win you a game.
What’s my favourite food? One you order out.
There is no reason why the Louvre should be your favourite gallery just because it has the grandest collections in France, any more than Kew should necessarily be a favourite garden because it has the largest assemblage of plants, or Tesco your chosen shop because it has the widest variety of canned beans.
I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.
London’s my favourite place. I lived in Crouch End for years and come back as much as I possibly can.
All-in-one dishes are among my favourites. I’m very much in favour of using the oven as much as possible – for casseroles, roasts and other one-pot meals – rather than the hob, where dishes need much more attention.
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it’s never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre.
I read tons of comic books. My favourite is Grant Morrison, a Scottish comic writer.
I loved ‘Highway.’ It was amazing. I have watched Imtiaz Ali’s other films, too, and he is one of my favourite Bollywood directors, besides Vishal Bhardwaj and Mani Ratnam.
Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting.
I grew up watching Scooby Doo and Thelma was my favourite character.
My best actress of all time is Kate Winslet. I want to be just like her. ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ is one of my favourite films.
For sheer creativity and totality of involvement, ‘Rolf’s Cartoon Club’ with HTV in Bristol was an amazing show to work on, but I think the ‘Rolf on Art’ series, culminating in the painting of the Queen’s portrait to celebrate her 80th birthday, just nudges into the favourite spot.
I like a lot of sports. Especially football – it’s my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.
I’d love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.
My favourite place in Britain is… my home county of Shropshire. I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world.
I couldn’t live without butter. Butter is probably my single favourite food.
My all time favourite films – one is ‘Mary Poppins,’ and the other one is ‘Pakeezah.’ ‘Pakeezah’ was an Indian film. The beauty of ‘Pakeezah’ was that it had a soundtrack which was pure poetry.
When you fall in love with favourite movie stars, it’s not because they’re movie stars and unattainable, but because they show you sides of themselves that are extremely personal.
Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.
‘The Sound of Music’ is one of my favourite old musical films.
I just love westerns. One of my favourite actors is John Wayne, probably one of the most underrated actors there’s ever been. He’s quite an incredible actor.
Be it ‘Mary Kom,’ ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,’ or ‘Dangal,’ each one was inspiring in its own way. But my favourite is ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.’
My overall favourite player would be Iniesta. For his final ball, obviously, his skill, and his ability.
I’ve been to most parts of India over the years, but Jaipur is my favourite city. Inspiration can be found at every turn.
Seeing the actual ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’, I absolutely loved it. It became one of my favourite films. It was a real Christmas classic, and it was one of the most popular films ever in British history.
My favourite book as a child was an old ‘Newne’s Children’s Encyclopaedia’ which my grandfather had bought just before World War II and donated to our family after seeing how interested we were in it. Each volume had special chapters called ‘Things Boys can Do.’ My brothers and I would pick out interesting projects.
There’s a really sweet spot with acting where you’ve finished a job, and you’ve got another one coming up in three or four months’ time. That’s my favourite period of unemployment.
At primary school, me and my best friend used to do D.I.Y. assemblies, and we’d do it as many times as we could until we got banned! We used to sing ‘Hero’ by Mariah Carey; it was, like, my favourite song; we were obsessed with it. We’d do it as a duet, and it’s the first I remember performing.
I love comedy. Comedy is one of my favourite things to do.
‘Authentic’ is one of my least favourite words because in such a diverse country, whose authenticity are you talking about?
Jordan 1s are my favourite sneaker, and I also love the Jordan Eclipse.
I’ve spent so much time the last seven, eight years in Los Angeles, away from my family, away from my friends, away from the city that is my favourite place to be and I just want to come here and have a proper life.
Perhaps the writer I’ve read the most of is Haruki Murakami, the Japanese writer, but I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s a favourite. I read him because I find his work so intriguing, but I don’t necessarily feel I would follow this writer to the ends of the earth.
