David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, and television personality
Holding a grudge.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I find it difficult to sit still.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗
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View all 243 →Feeling and being unfocused.
Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.
I can go for weeks without opening the mail. I can look at a letter that has just dropped through the letterbox, wonder what it is and then just shred it.
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View profile →I was a happy kid. I had quite a small life: I grew up in Walthamstow and didn’t really leave east London. I didn’t go to the South Bank for the first time until I was 18 years old.
A really bad habit of eating sweets before I go to sleep.
To find as many moments to laugh as possible.
I would really love to know my parents as an adult. I lost my dad when I was 14 and my mum when I was 20.
In order to raise money to pay for myself to go to the National Youth Theatre, I performed a medley of my drama school speeches and some songs for my entire school. Considering I can’t sing, this was terrible. I did U Remind Me by Usher and Hey There Delilah by the Plain White T’s. They paid £2 each – basically, to laugh at me.
After losing my mum still managing to finish drama school, because that was really difficult. I lost her in the first year.
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