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, energetic, droll.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
Impatient, ambitious and happy.
Tall, arrogant and loving.
Driven, authentic, resilient.
Juicy, funny, impulsive.
Isn’t it enough just to be remembered?
At university in the 60s, I thought social justice was going to improve exponentially. How wrong I was.
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
Edward Bond, the playwright, said I was like a turd flowing on the effluent of British culture.
The rest is silence.
When I was doing a masterclass at a theatre and I had to leave the stage because I was about to shit my pants.
Chris Bryant, Paula Wilcox, Erin Doherty, Leona Lewis, Ciarán Hinds, Mark Bonnar
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