Mark Gatiss
British actor and writer
Sherlock being such a worldwide phenomenon.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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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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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗
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Kathy Lette
Australian-British author
Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
Mike Skinner
English rapper
Original Pirate Material.
Sarah Millican
English comedian
That I turned a broken heart into a career. That I hit rock bottom and bounced back up a lot higher.
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Yesterday: I went to see the film God’s Own Country.
A black Mercedes 500 coupé in the mid-1980s. I thought it was one of the most beautiful things I’d seen. (I had been clubbing the night before.) And I can’t drive.
Rolf Harris – he let us all down.
A vet, but then I discovered you needed qualifications.
The motorcycle crash, but also when a neon sign fell on my head in Soho in the 90s.
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