Joss Whedon
American director, screenwriter, and producer
Filming Much Ado About Nothing. In my home, with my family and my besties and the bard all around. Pure joy.
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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.
About 15 minutes ago: I'm on medication and it's starting to wear off.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 June 2009 source ↗
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Jason Derulo
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When my son Jason King Derulo was born.
Rose Tremain
English writer
When I first met Richard, in 1992, on a British Council writers’ tour of Adelaide. We were drinking Australian lager while parakeets squawked rudely in the neighbourhood gumtrees.
Kelly Macdonald
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My wedding day. I had a sore face from laughing and smiling so much. Other than that, I am the happiest I've been in my life now.
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