Dan Stevens
English actor
Probably on a Los Angeles freeway.
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What most recently made you cry?
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
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A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Rolling a quad bike.
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Paul O'Grady
British comedian, actor and television presenter
I had a bad heart attack 20 years ago: I think I slid off the mortal coil for about 30 seconds.
As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.
Mike Skinner
English rapper
We used to have one of those gat guns that shot pellets. My friend pretty much had the thing at point-blank range to my temple. It popped out and completed its trajectory about a millimetre from my head.
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One of the first TV appearances that our band made in America, on the Craig Ferguson show. I forgot the lyrics to Little Lion Man and then broke two strings.
Football player of the year 4th XI 2002.
Disneyland x a million.
Know the things you are responsible for and the things you aren’t.
Trying quite hard.
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