Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2021 source ↗
The Buddhist monk Tapa Snim I met in Burma in 2007, all of whose earthly possessions he carried in a small bundle slung on one shoulder.
Dolly Parton – she worked her way up from nothing.
My parents for the roots; my old parish priest, Father Arthur Barrow, for the fire and the reason; Richard Curtis for the drive and humanity; and, for living in the public eye with principles, George Clooney.
My mum [the actor, Sally Dynevor] in so many ways. She is the real definition of a superwoman to me.
Taking daily showers and always being there when I need them.
Being too damned self-absorbed.
Probably during my childhood growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
A Broadway theater filled with nothing but critics.
Never picking up the check.
Being in a Broadway theater full of people laughing their heads off at one of my shows.
Abi Morgan, Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Adwoa Aboah, Alfre Woodard, Alice Eve
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