Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
My epitaph says: 'We'll make this a comedy yet.' I've already planned it.
What would you like to be remembered for?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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 a complex and brilliant man.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
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Minnie Driver
British and American actress
With great stories.
As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.
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View profile →The public mistakes I’ve made. Most recently, I tried to light an e-cigarette on an aeroplane and was told to put it out. I completely forgot I was on a plane. I’d had, like, three drinks, but it only takes three. I stopped as soon as I got off and I got straight back into my programme, because that’s what I do.
Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
Wanting to be better: a better actor, a better father.
An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Two days as a labourer in my 15th summer.
My collection of paintings. I have some by William Burroughs.
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