Ted Danson
American actor
I am a bit of a Pollyanna – I spend most of my day happy.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When my friends and I were making Mean Streets, 1973.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗
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Kim Gordon
American musician and artist
In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.
Playing the Cowardly Lion in our fourth-grade production of The Wizard of Oz. Thank you, Mr. Riccobono.
Dominic West
English actor
Last year. I was with my wife and all my kids in northern California, driving an RV. I remember thinking that life couldn’t possibly get any better.
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Laziness, wasting time. I’d like to be able to make films faster.
I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.
First of all, I’d like to stop complaining—I’m beginning to annoy myself. I would like to learn to read faster, however. Again, the rest I’ve learned to live with.
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