John Waters
American filmmaker
Johnny Mathis - he is so perfect.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗
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Angus Deayton
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Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.
My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
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The coming out letter I wrote in Tales Of The City – it seems to be the thing that’s going to last after I’m gone.
Not a lawyer, which was what I told everyone, because my father wanted me to be one.
As a kind man who told good stories.
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