Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish comedian and actor
People laughing at me, which is terrible for someone who makes a living out of making people laugh.
What is your greatest fear?
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
To die before I know certain things.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2022 source ↗
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View all 256 →Both my grandmother and my mother got dementia. My grandmother has passed away. My mother is in a home. Dementia is my biggest fear because it robs you of the very thing that makes life special.
Not doing the above.
Melissa Etheridge
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
To let fear overcome my life. We’re not gonna let that happen because love is always greater than fear.
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View profile →I cry a lot, every day.
I’ve said sorry to the people I have to say sorry to.
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