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.
Ponderous, over thinking.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗
Loyal, funny, driven.
Scrappy, quixotic, curious.
Hardworking, authentic and honest.
Confident, stressed, greedy.
My failed driving test a few months ago. I got three majors and by the end of it the examiner couldn’t wait to get out of the car.
I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
I think we go back into the earth.
I would try and get to being comfortable with myself quicker.
You can only do one thing at a time.
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