Rita Moreno
Actor, singer and dancer
Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When they don’t tell the truth.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 197 →Bullying, flakiness, rudeness, lack of humility, being patronising and ungenerous.
Mistaking shyness for not having anything to say.
Three versions of the same trait: deceit, hypocrisy, and manipulativeness.
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View profile →The king – because he’s been through quite a bit and I think he’s come out the other side brilliantly.
Nothing at all.
Every actor has the same fear – ie, you’re never going to work again.
Mucking out pigs on a farm when I was 15.
My first wife, because I left her.
As a perfectly decent bloke.
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