John Waters
American filmmaker
An unreadable wig.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
If my children could change their own nappies.
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Chris O'Dowd
Irish actor and comedian
On an iPhone, why can’t you close all open apps at once, rather than flicking through them all?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗
Stephen Dillane
British actor
A sense of purpose.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗
Bobby Gillespie
Singer and songwriter
I have a nice life but if everybody else had a better quality of life, too, Britain would be a nicer place.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 May 2021 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 November 2021 source ↗
To the British public generally. They know why.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 November 2021 source ↗
I put out a song called Monsters on my last album, about my father’s illness – he had stage four chronic kidney disease – and a handful of people offered him a new kidney. People’s kindness really touched me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 November 2021 source ↗
A lawyer. I did work experience and was sent to the public gallery at the high court. The man in the dock was a 50-year-old accused of buggering a cat on the Metropolitan line. I decided to become a musician instead.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 November 2021 source ↗
I’m sure it’s a cliché but I’d like to see as many of my friends and family as possible in that day. So I’d have my family around, I’d have my friends around, just to clock in with them.
Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 1 May 2017 source ↗
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