Brendan Gleeson
Irish actor and director
Fixing a municipal sewer pipe.
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What most recently made you cry?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Selling newspapers outside the grocery store for two years.
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If we went back to house phones and were a bit more disconnected.
Not giving up on myself. As a gay black man things are, at times, more difficult.
My son, Jason, because he has overcome so much and continues to keep a smile on his face, and I just love that.
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