The Malta Independent 10 May 2024, Friday
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Getting to know… Audrey Friggieri - and her passion for Italy (except for football)

Stephen Calleja Sunday, 6 March 2022, 10:00 Last update: about 3 years ago

Audrey Friggieri, Commissioner on Gender Based Violence & Domestic Violence, loves anything that is Italian, except for football. She would support anyone playing against Italy, she says.

She loves tennis, and picks a Game of Thrones character as someone she identifies with.

She does not like to look back at her past, but if she had to choose an age to live forever she goes for her teenage years.

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What was the last book you read?

 ‘How to see yourself as you really are’ by his Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Who is your favourite author?

Margaret Atwood

What was the last film you watched?

The Danish Girl

Which film have you seen multiple times and enjoyed every time you saw it?

‘As good as it gets’.

Who is your favourite actor/actress?

Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet

What is your favourite TV series?

Game of Thrones

What is your favourite game or sport to watch and play?

Tennis

Which team do you support?

I am not a special fan of any team, but l enjoy watching international sports in general, also in tennis, especially Roger Federer, Nadal and Serena Williams. In international football I support any team playing against Italy, have no idea why.

Which song would you sing at a karaoke night?

Material Girl by Madonna.

Who is your favourite singer/band?

Difficult to choose: Prince, Zucchero, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars.

Which show/event would you like to attend/have attended?

Have attended Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables

What three items would you take with you on a deserted island?

Hat, good shoes, water

Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest?

Hearing

What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten?

Tripe

What is that one thing you could not go a day without?

Music

Which fictional character do you relate to most?

Arya Stark from Game of Thrones

Do you check your horoscope?

No

What age would you choose if you could be one age forever?

17

What invention would you erase from history?

The clock

Would you like to know the day when you will die?

I know it already

What's your favourite animal?

Love all animals, but cats are divine

What's your favourite type of foreign food? 

All food Italian

What is your favourite hobby?

Gardening

What's your favourite season?

Spring

What's your favourite ice cream topping?

Dark chocolate shavings and walnuts

What's your favourite board game?

Monopoly

What is your favourite pizza?

Al tonno

What is your favourite colour?

Green

What is your favourite pasta dish?

Matriciana

What is your favourite cartoon show?

Lady Oscar

What did you like to do most during the summer holidays?

Playing outside with the street kids

What career did you see yourself in when you were young?

Policewoman

What is your best childhood memory?

Riding to the beach on a motorbike with my friend, hanging on for dear life behind her grandad, who was driving. 

Did you learn how to ride a bike?

Yes, but later on as a grown up.

Who was your super hero?

David Soul aka Hutch from the detective series Starsky and Hutch.

Which toy do you wish to have kept?

None to mention

What subject did you excel in at school?

English

What subject did you dislike the most in school?

Math

Was there some family tradition that was never missed?

The annual village festa rituals

What are the best values you owe to your parents?

Resilience and the ethic of hard work

What would you change about yourself if you could?

I would be more laid back.

What really makes you angry?

Bigotry

Is your glass half full or half empty?

Always half full

Are you a sore loser?

Probably, but working on it

What is your biggest regret?

That I ever regretted anything – it’s a waste of time

What’s the first thing you look for in a partner and/or friend?

Emotional intelligence

What is your greatest fear?

Being unfree

What is your life motto?

Live and let live

If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

‘Attention: flammable!’

What's one thing that can instantly make your day better?

Kindness

If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you do or buy?

I would send all the people I love flowers

If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?

Hannah Arendt, Mary Oliver, Audre Lorde, Simone de Beauvoir

If you could bring one person back from the dead who’d it be?

John Lennon

If you could time travel, when and where would you go?

Paris in the Belle Époque 1871 to 1914

If you could relive one moment in your life, which would it be?

I never look back

If you could live anywhere outside Malta, where would it be?

Scotland probably

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Ħobż biż-żejt

If you could know the truth behind a secret or mystery, which would it be?

Why we are here.

If you could eliminate one of the seven deadly sins, which one would it be (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath or sloth?

Envy

If you had to be given a superpower, what would you choose?

To be invisible

Coffee or tea?

Coffee

Walk or swim?

Swim

Summer or winter?

Winter

Italy or England?

Italy, except for football

Restaurant or delivery?

Restaurant

Early bird or night owl?

Night owl

Fish or meat?

Fish 

Mobile phone or TV?

TV

Black or white?

White

Film or TV series?

TV series

 

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