Louis Walsh: What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? — FLAPSS

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What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?

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Louis Walsh

Irish music manager and television personality

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More exercise. Maybe I should join a gym, but I’ve never been to one.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

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Eleanor Tomlinson English actress

Endless acting jobs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2024 source ↗

Healthier food from motorway service stations – I am always going through them late at night and it’s all rubbish.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗

Rylan Clark-Neal English media personality

Anonymity. I am not being ungrateful, and I love meeting people, but being six foot four, with big teeth and a beard – there’s no hiding.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 April 2019 source ↗

Sarah Parish English actress

I have a great quality of life, there is nothing that I want for.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2019 source ↗

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

America – there are too many Americans.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

I’d like people to say, “Well, he was a bit odd, he was a bit funny.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Question What song would you want played at your funeral? Death & what remains

Crazy by Patsy Cline.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

I just wanted to work in music. I didn’t want a real job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

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