I’ve shat myself in public three times. It’s never quite as bad as you fear.
Which moment embarrassed you most?
Question
What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Question
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
Question
How would you describe yourself in three words?
Identity & self
Question
What does love feel like?
Relationships
Question
What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
Question
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim recurring question in The Guardian's Q&A series.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
On one of my first jobs, Cold Mountain, I got a wasp in my ear in front of Jude Law. He couldn’t see the wasp so just saw me freak out.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 122 →I was in Oliver! when I was 10 and I peed myself on stage in front of however many people the Palladium holds. It was the stuff of nightmares.
Edward Enninful
Ghanaian-born English editor and stylist
When my trousers nearly fell down at Buckingham Palace. I was there to collect my OBE, and the suspenders for the beautiful Alexander McQueen suit I’d had made for the occasion went missing. Naomi Campbell was with me and we had a good laugh about it.
When I was losing my sight, I couldn’t see where I was going, and I went into an undertaker’s thinking it was a barber’s. I asked the undertaker whether he had many waiting.
More from Alex Hassell
View profile →As someone with integrity.
Obsequiousness.
Driven, sensitive and playful.
Being accepted for who you are but also being encouraged to continue to grow.
On Monday in therapy.
My brother Joe, he’s nine years older than me.
More on failure & regret
- What has been your biggest disappointment? 366 answers
- Who most deserves an apology from you, and why? 209 answers
- If you could edit your past, what would you change? 203 answers
- What is the worst thing anyone has said to you? 122 answers
- How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure? 69 answers
- What is the hardest thing that has happened to you, and what did you carry out of it? 36 answers
Also answered this
Mark Bonnar, Ciarán Hinds, Craig Charles, Indira Varma, Sharleen Spiteri, Nigel Havers
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All failure & regret questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject