Burt Reynolds
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When I was under contract to Universal Pictures in 1959, just before I got my role on Riverboat.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Now. Five years ago, I started looking after myself a bit more, emotionally and spiritually, and it’s paid dividends.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗
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On a walking safari in the middle of the Kenyan bush. I had no phone, no mirror, nothing, and I was really happy because I had no distractions.
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I am happy most of the time.
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View profile →When my kids ask, “What happens when we die?” I say, “Do you remember the place you were in before you were born? I think we go back there.”
It would be my mum. She was a terrible alcoholic and I spent a lot of my time kind of hating her but, in the past five years, I realised why she did what she did and I could forgive.
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