MF
I think any of us will be lucky to be remembered at all.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 213 →I’ve not always been great friend material. I’ve tried to get better at that, so to be remembered as reliable by a few would be great.
Warwick Davis
English actor
As an actor who happens to be short.
A loving father and wonderful husband, and the best actor of my generation!
John Waters
American filmmaker
As a funny guy who surprised you once in a while.
More from Michael Flatley
View profile →I always try to see the good. I never look for the bad.
The day my son was born.
Digging foundations in the freezing-cold Chicago winters.
Aside from the night that my wife said yes, creating Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, and employing thousands of dancers for the last 30 years.
On my deathbed thinking I wish I would have done something that I didn’t do.
You’re going to come up against brick walls in life. You’ve got to go over them, under them, around them, or crash through them, but somehow or other you’ve got to get to the other side.
More on death & what remains
- How close have you come to dying? 209 answers
- What song would you want played at your funeral? 178 answers
- If you had only one day left, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid? 54 answers
- What do you believe happens when we die? 50 answers
- What would you most want to leave your children? 44 answers
- What kind of death would you consider a good one? 43 answers
Also answered this
Eddie Izzard, John Malkovich, Don Warrington, Andy Serkis, Christopher Eccleston, Vanessa Redgrave
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All death & what remains questions
- The 73 Questions questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject