Julian Sands
British actor
As an interesting, amusing father by my children.
What would you like to be remembered for?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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 someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
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Angus Deayton
English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
With the correct pronunciation of my name.
Daniel Mays
British actor
As an everyman who could act a bit.
Hayley Atwell
British American actress
That’s not my business.
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View profile →In my 30s, I was staring at a pair of expensive boots in a shop window when the photographer Gordon Parks came up behind me. He instantly understood, because he grew up even poorer than me; he made me buy them on my credit card.
Seeing the future die, from Bobby Kennedy to dear friends.
I’ve had cancer three times, but never felt close to death except when I walked between parked cars on my street and a car sped past my nose.
I haven’t done it yet.
Dying just a millisecond before I was about to say something I really wanted the people I love to hear.
I would love to have a good memory. I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.
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