Laurence Fox
English actor and activist
Not that much of a twat.
What would you like to be remembered for?
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Question
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
Question
Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
Question
What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
Question
How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
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.
I don’t care, because I won’t be here.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2021 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 214 →As a good friend.
As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.
For making a difference.
More from Paul O'Grady
View profile →When I hit 30 and managed to get a council flat in London. It was in the most terrible state, but it was bliss to have a flat of my own.
To work in a dry cleaner’s.
I had a midlife crisis and paid 70 grand for a Morgan AeroMax which looked just like Cruella de Vil’s car. I was in a permanent state of terror and soon sold it.
When I watched a series called Pose. The hospital scenes took me right back to when we were going through the Aids years. It’s the same with It’s a Sin.
I had a bad heart attack 20 years ago: I think I slid off the mortal coil for about 30 seconds.
More on death & what remains
- How close have you come to death? 209 answers
- What song would you like played at your funeral? 178 answers
- If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing? 54 answers
- What happens when we die? 51 answers
- How would you like to die? 43 answers
- What would you like to leave your children? 42 answers
Also answered this · A–Z
Adjoa Andoh, Alice Eve, Alison Steadman, Andy Serkis, Angela Griffin, Angus Deayton
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All death & what remains questions
- The 73 Questions questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject