Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
"Which side shall I comb it over?"
What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
“You’re a reasonably intelligent girl,” by a teacher, and it drove me crazy and made me want to get into Oxford.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗
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I like you but I wish you looked more like David Beckham.
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I wouldn’t change anything. Life is what it is, you just have to get on with it.
Things, situations, people evolve constantly. Nothing is static.
Not enough food in the fridge.
Nearly crashing into a train on one film, almost falling out of a hot-air balloon on another, narrowly avoiding getting knocked over by a taxi …
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