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As an everyman who could act a bit.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2020 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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Angus Deayton
English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
With the correct pronunciation of my name.
To have made people healthier and happier.
Sonya Yoncheva
Opera singer
Oh, yes, absolutely. I have two children, and often I think about them and how when I’m gone, they will be here listening to an old CD of mine, thinking, “At least I can I can hear her voice.” I think this is very charming. It’s very nice. And then, of course, I also think about the other generations of opera singers coming behind me… It’s so important that they can have a real testimony of how it was in our ears. I think that what stands the test of time is really the memory of people hearing us singing somewhere.
David Guetta
French DJ
As a nice person, I hope.
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A utility room.
The highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
The light in my neighbours’ kitchen because they still haven’t put a blind up.
Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.
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