Ed Harris
American actor and director
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I have to say myself, because I know everything that he’s been through and still continues to go through. I admire him. So I vote me – I like him.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2024 source ↗
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Emma Bunton
British singer
My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
Mark Gatiss
British actor and writer
Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.
Kirsty Wark
Scottish journalist and television presenter
People in their 80s who are still volunteering and giving to the community.
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I feel like it’s always what I’m about to do.
Figuring out the best way to introduce the next version of myself.
That I can’t control it.
Maybe on tour when I was in Argentina. Yeah, or Brazil: oh my God, those people out there.
A trip that was, like, $100k. It was a lot of money and I didn’t even go on it. It was to St Barts. I paid for me and my friends and a lot of stuff fell apart, and then it ended up with one of my friends just going with his girlfriend.
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