Stephen Graham
English actor
My wife, Hannah. She’s amazing and keeps me in check. I met her 24 years ago at drama school.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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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.
Michael Frayn – such modesty, talent, kindness and bottomless curiosity.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2012 source ↗
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Ice-T
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Barack Obama – just for the simple fact he took the shot and went all the way to president.
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Dr. Pedro Cavadas, a pioneer in face transplants and a specialist in the transplant of severed members. This surgeon from Valencia devotes his summer breaks to travel to Africa and tend to children who have been castrated in tribal conflicts.
Nicola Walker
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My father, because he’s never run away from anything.
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The demise of the London Daily Mail.
Self-criticism.
Lack of self-criticism.
Tchaikovsky's 1812, sung by Barry Manilow.
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