Joseph Fiennes
English actor
To fail better next time.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
We’re not here for long so don’t be wreaking havoc along the way.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2025 source ↗
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We are not here for long – try not to take everything too seriously.
Jack Whitehall
English comedian, actor, presenter and writer
Don’t make jokes at the expense of Little Mix. They have an ardent fanbase.
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Ulysses by James Joyce, but I might make a start next week – or the week after that …
An inability to get myself to bed at a reasonable hour.
As not being a total bollix.
Overwhelming, discombobulating, irrational and unreasonable.
My penchant for having just one too many.
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