The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Kind, fun and professional.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗
Chaotic, warm, northern.
Earnest, driven, Gemini.
Impatient, ambitious and happy.
Middle-class wanker.
A hand-painted beaded dress from New York. It weighs about 16lb and cost me £4,000, 30 years ago.
Stay out of other people’s business.
Gloria Hunniford’s wedding at Hever Castle 20-odd years ago. We had a lovely buffet and a few drinks and then I had to get a cab back to the train station. I said to the driver: “I’m ever so sorry, but I’m not going to be able to hang on till I get to the train. Could you possibly take me down this alleyway?” He said: “Yes, of course.” As I prepared myself to go “to the ladies”, this police car came along and the policeman said: “Hi-de-Hi!”
For bringing positivity to people.
Dying too young, and spiders.
Getting my full Equity card as a professional performer.
Munroe Bergdorf, Marina Abramović, Juliet Stevenson, Sarah Hadland, Peter Sarsgaard, Hamza Yassin
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