Burt Reynolds
American actor
I wouldn’t have done the naked centrefold in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1972.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would do a lot more investments.
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Shaun Ryder
English singer
The 12 years I spent in receivership. That was me being a dick. I lost the court case when I wanted to sack my management and had to pay them £120,000. I said, “I am not paying you, because I should have won.”
Ann Dowd
American actress
I would try to be a little nicer to my teachers.
Rachel Whiteread
English artist
I would have thought more about exercise and a healthy lifestyle in my 20s, 30s and 40s.
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My song, Suddenly.
As somebody who tried.
He passed away a few months ago: Muhammad Ali.
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