Sive star Sade Malone - Mad Hatter Q&A: Dying words? "Make sure my outfit is a good one!"

Who would be the first person you would invite to your birthday party?
My mum and siblings.

Favourite saying?
What’s meant for you won’t pass you!

Favourite record?
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange.

Favourite book?
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton.

Favourite film?
Moonlight.

Favourite author?
Andrea Levy.

Favourite actor/actress?
Naomi Harris/Daniel Kaluuya.

Favourite musician?
SZA, I went to see her in the summer. She is phenomenal!

Most embarrassing moment of your life?
High school – every day was embarrassing. It’s so hard being a teenager in those environments, so if anyone feels the same, just know it gets so much better!

Favourite food/drink/stimulant?
Pizza! And drink at the moment is oat flat white.

TV programme?
I always rewatch in rotation Gilmore Girls, Desperate Housewives, Sex And The City and Gossip Girl.

Favourite TV personality?
Alison Hammond. She never fails to make me laugh!

Favourite item of clothing?
At the minute it’s a black bag from Cos – I wear it with everything.

Most desirable date?
Someone who is kind to me and everyone around us.

Favourite method of relaxation?
Running outside helps me relax.

If you weren’t pursuing your present career, what other one might you have chosen?
I would still be in the industry somehow, maybe in the makeup or the costume department.

Biggest thrill?
Getting a ‘yes’ for jobs!

Biggest disappointment?
When people are racist, transphobic, homophobic and bigots.

Your concept of heaven?
Being on holiday at the beach with a cocktail in the sun.

Your concept of hell?
Being outside in freezing cold weather!

What would be your dying words?
“Make sure my outfit is a good one!”

Greatest ambition?
To be happy and fulfilled in my work and personal life.

Period of history you’d most like to have lived in and why?
The ‘90s. I love the fashion.

If you weren’t a human being, which animal would you have chosen to be?
A monkey. I love them.

If you were told that the world was ending tomorrow morning, how would you react/what would you do?
I would have a night in with my loved ones, my three favourite people who know who they are.

Your nominee for the world’s best-dressed person?
Sadé.

Favourite term of abuse?
My nana would shout at me if I say!

Biggest fear?
The bottom of the sea.

Humanity’s most useful invention?
The phone. I love the way it keeps us connected with family and friends around the world.

Humanity’s most useless invention?
The small presents you get in Christmas crackers, like small mirrors and small spoons!

• Sade Malone stars in John B Keane’s Sive, running at Gaiety Theatre until March 16.