Eve Ensler: What would you like to be remembered for?

The question

What would you like to be remembered for?

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.

Eve Ensler

American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

As being useful.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

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Edith Bowman Scottish radio DJ and television presenter

As a nice person who always put others before myself. I’d also like my own posthumous tartan.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗

Mark Bonnar

A loving father and wonderful husband, and the best actor of my generation!

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 April 2025 source ↗

Richard Wilson Scottish actor and theatre director

It’s up to them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2016 source ↗

Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer

As an accomplished dancer and tennis player, because I do neither, so my loved ones would be very confused.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗

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Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

Nine years ago I discovered I had stage 3/4 uterine cancer and went through nine months of excruciating surgery, illness and chemotherapy. In that time, I touched death and it was the most powerful transformation of my life. I was forced to learn to take care of my body.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight

In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗