Samuel West
British actor, theatre director, and narrator
A DJ. I still do.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I always wanted to be a rapper.
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In my teens, an accountant. In my 20s, either a rock star or a novelist.
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An elevator operator.
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View profile →To my father, for the time that was lost when we weren’t getting along. We were able to reconcile a few months before he passed away five years ago.
To be in a position to empower my entire family with generational wealth.
Creating. When everyone goes to bed and then you have six or seven hours to create peacefully. I’ve become nocturnal. Even on a night when I am not in the studio, I still won’t go to sleep till six in the morning.
When I was young and carefree, before I realised what the obstacles were that we face as black people. I was raised in a beautiful home with incredible parents. They allowed me to enjoy what it was to be a child.
I bought myself a diamond pinky ring for two million dollars.
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