David Arquette
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler
With time and experience you figure stuff out, so I am happiest right now.
When were you happiest?
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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Identity & self
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Phoning my dad to tell him we’d won the Edinburgh Perrier award with The League Of Gentlemen in 1997.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2019 source ↗
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Bobby Gillespie
Singer and songwriter
Standing on stage in between Robert Young and Andrew Innes, blasting away.
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Actor and playwright
When my mother was alive. She passed away 14 years ago.
Tim Robbins
American actor
When I was shooting The Player – I was in love with life and fulfilled by my creative experience.
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What I am now, but with a better singing voice.
Nothing – haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? I could find myself still collecting glasses in Charnock Richard while Donald Sutherland would be enjoying my life.
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