As a nice old man.
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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 charming, helpful, solicitous, generous, loving, carefree and constantly funny companion, lover and father. Some hope of that.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗
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Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
As an honest man.
Clive James
Critic, essayist, poet and broadcaster
It’s here. I’ve always thought that it was here. If you play to the gallery, that’s posterity. The best you can hope for is another gallery after you’ve gone, but you won’t see it. Statistically, it’s unlikely that much of what one does will be read for ever. It may just be one or two poems. For example, my Japanese Maple poem is famous among people who own a Japanese maple.
Lleyton Hewitt
Australian professional tennis player
As someone who got the absolute most out of themselves.
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The next morning. It rarely turns out as bad as I think it’s going to be.
An actor. Then I grew out of that and became one by default. Or sort of one: “Not really an actor”, said Michael Billington.
No songs, please. Don’t make a fuss.
I’ll be at my happiest today, and probably my gloomiest at some point today, too.
Adolescent love feels like exquisite self-indulgence. Long-term love feels like a warm bath that needs a trickle of extra hot water every now and then.
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