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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 →By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
Don Warrington
British actor
As someone who did his best.
Kathy Lette
Australian-British author
As a writer who championed women with grit and wit.
Niamh Cusack
Irish actress
As good enough.
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View profile →I know I should be more evolved, but the person I would like to say sorry to I’m not ready to say sorry to yet.
That your life is only in this very second.
I thought that I would become more mature about certain things, and it didn’t happen.
When I was starting out, in the early 90s, I had to fake an orgasm in a room full of male ad execs at an audition for a chocolate bar ad. It was grim.
I’d edit out all the awful men I managed to find who confirmed my worst suspicions about my body and my character.
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