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It’s up to them.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2016 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?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.
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Armistead Maupin
American writer
As a kind man who told good stories.
Andy Serkis
English actor
Preferably not as the guy who played Gollum.
Jane Birkin
Singer, songwriter, actor
Not at all! I don’t think that you can really choose what people will like, or say, or even remember about you. I mean, my God, probably the Birkin bag will be known. … If I look myself to find out the date of something — and the first thing that pops up is that bloody bag! I think it’ll be “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus,” when I go feet first, that’ll be the tune they’ll play on the television, and then talk about the bag
Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
As a writer who took cheering up his listeners seriously.
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