As an honest person who liked a laugh.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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Gavin Rossdale
British musician
Funny and generous.
Ian Rankin
Scottish crime writer
Fondly and down the centuries. I think partly what drives writers to write is the yearning for immortality.
Richard Coles
British musician, writer, presenter and priest
With an international holiday.
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Earning a living as an actor for 40 years.
The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana.
Not making a movie with Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant.
Playing a pregnant woman, and not being able to find the padding - I shoved a cardie under my dress, and spent the whole play walking around with a sleeve dragging along the floor.
Washing dishes when I was a student.
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