Ricky Wilson
Singer; frontman of Kaiser Chiefs
I might have carried on doing The Voice.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would care less about what people think.
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David Jason
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Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.
Ice-T
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To be born independently wealthy.
Harriet Walter
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I would never have gone on a diet. I would go back with the knowledge that not being perfect is fine.
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I wanted to perform in some way, but I didn’t think it was viable. Teachers told me I should be a barrister, because I was always arguing with them.
The thought that I could be doing more: being more productive, doing more of the things that matter, and less of the things that don’t.
Preparing for Sound Of Metal. Feeling challenged and overwhelmed and lost in something is very fulfilling.
Less admin, emails, phone calls; more space to think, read and sleep.
If I am remembered at all that would be nice. I won’t be picky.
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