Rose Ayling-Ellis
British actress
Avoidance coping.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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What happens when we die?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’m quite stubborn.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2023 source ↗
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Yo-Yo Ma
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I love to break rules.
Intermittent laziness.
I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
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Probably the same thing.
Brian May, because of his love of wildlife and love of music. He’s a kind, gentle soul.
Laughing and silliness.
I have lots of beliefs about that, but that will have to wait for another interview.
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