Ann Dowd
American actress
As a good person.
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What does love feel like?
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Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As someone that loved what they did, embraced it wholeheartedly and never quit.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2023 source ↗
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Jennifer Hudson
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As a human who feels and loves just like everyone else feels and loves.
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I think the only way to achieve something that’s classic is to be in the moment. You don’t sit around and think, “Oh, I hope this is remembered forever!” You just have to be honest and I think that requires being in the moment. I don’t think you can worry about what is going to happen with something after that. I think the only thing that you can do is be honest and let the chips fall where they may.
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I’ve got no patience.
Frank Adamson, my first coach, for not spending more time with him in his later years. I feel bad about that.
I would go back to when I was 14 and keep to my own style of playing snooker. I was perfect, but I didn’t think I was, so I started playing like everybody else and created bad habits. With a little more time, I could have been the ultimate player. I look at my career and I probably got 75% out of it instead of 100%.
It makes you feel like you want to live.What is the worst job you’ve ever done? Doing the audiobook of the first book. It was hard. I couldn’t do that again.
That they think they know it all.
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