As somebody who loved people, was always curious, a loyal friend, a mother, wife, always positive and authentic.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗
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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.
As someone who did what he could with what he had.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
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John Malkovich
American actor
By my friends as hopefully someone who was a good friend, or at least amusing, but I don’t need to be remembered by people I don’t know.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 March 2018 source ↗
Simon Boas
Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
All our lives are little books - but they're not someone else's complete book. You're a chapter or a page or a footnote in someone else's life and they are going to keep writing beautiful chapters when you are gone. And those green shoots can grow around grief and put it in perspective. I hope people will think, "I'm glad I read that - Simon's story". And just because it's over, doesn't mean it's gone.
Recorded Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 4, Today, as published by BBC News, 4 July 2024 source ↗
Cynthia Nixon
American actress and politician
As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
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Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗
They want nothing but friendship.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗
My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗
Food in a sink drain.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗
Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗
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