Jack Whitehall
English comedian, actor, presenter and writer
Turning into my father.
What is your greatest fear?
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I get to the restaurant and don’t see any hot sauce on the table.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2022 source ↗
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Craig Charles
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Losing my marbles.
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View profile →That there is no ideal life. Disappointments sit around every corner, so enjoy the here and now.
A shoot with a showbusiness icon who I’d loved all my life and shall remain nameless. She walked into the room and immediately said she hated everything. Things went downhill from there. Rough day.
The ability to teleport. I’d be unstoppable.Would you rather have more sex, money or fame? More than those, I’d like more time.
Any time I’ve been racially profiled. The words might be different, but the feeling is the same.
Impatience. Though sometimes it helps!
When my trousers nearly fell down at Buckingham Palace. I was there to collect my OBE, and the suspenders for the beautiful Alexander McQueen suit I’d had made for the occasion went missing. Naomi Campbell was with me and we had a good laugh about it.
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