Niamh Cusack
Irish actress
As good enough.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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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.
I spent the earlier part of my life being late for everything, so there was a joke that my tombstone would read The Very Late Patricia Hodge.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2018 source ↗
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Billy Ocean
British singer
As somebody who tried.
Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
As a well-balanced and functioning thin man.
Jeremy Vine
English presenter and journalist
As a good father.
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View profile →I wish I could say sorry to my husband, because I couldn’t save him from his dementia.
Not applying myself enough at school.
Two days ago, at a family wedding, remembering Richard, my cousin. He was 11 months younger than me and we were brought up like brother and sister for the first four years of our lives. He died of a brain tumour when he was 55.
My piano, a boudoir grand. I’ve played since I was six.
A ballet dancer, but it changed to being an actress when I got put in a school play.
The Queen. Her like has not been seen before and I doubt it will ever be again.
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