Roger Allam
English actor
Just remembered, really.
What would you like to be remembered for?
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In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to?
Daily life
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure?
Failure & regret
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As a great man.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 January 2022 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 214 →As a perfectly decent bloke.
As someone who made you think that anything’s possible. I did three marathons in a day once but walking the high-wire at Battersea Park station was the challenge I loved most because I had to master a skill.
Felicity Jones
British actress
Kind, funny, alive.
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View profile →I'm tired, I'm not myself and I'm not enjoying the sport as I have done for the last decade. Some might recognise it as burnout; I just know that over the last few years I haven't had the answers.
Recorded
Public statement announcing his break from swimming, April 2023, The Independent, 1 July 2023
source ↗
The realisation that I am not the best version of myself.
When I lost that 100m final I spiralled. I went quite aggressive. It is an Adam I don't really recognise.
To the people who, because of my career, I cannot spend time with. I have to be selfish, unfortunately.
I was on a cliff in Dartmoor, doing a Royal Marine abseil. I fell upside down and thought, “I’m going to die here.”
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