The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Curious, thoughtful and kind.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗
Enthusiastic, resilient, empathetic.
Juicy, funny, impulsive.
Warm, intelligent, accommodating.
Loving, creative, demanding.
Crashing in an aeroplane into an ocean at night.
In my 20s I was in a show called The Unauthorised Autobiography of Samantha Brown. The actor who played my dad messed up his lines and it made me laugh so hard that I ended up peeing my pants.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
When I realised that I could get myself through anything that came my way.
All of the anxious thoughts that you are able to escape during the day that somehow know when you are lying down to relax.
I had a casting director once stop me in the middle of an audition and tell me to go wash my face in the bathroom because she felt my makeup was too distracting, but I wasn’t wearing any. It was mortifying. It felt like a power play and I was so young, I didn’t know what to do.
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