Felicity Jones
British actress
I wouldn’t change anything. Life is what it is, you just have to get on with it.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would edit my worry, because I suffer from anxiety, which ruins some moments.
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Jodi Picoult
American author
I would not let Nick Cassavetes direct My Sister’s Keeper, the film. He said [the ending] was going to match what was in the book, then changed it.
Steph McGovern
Broadcaster
On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.
David Harewood
British actor and presenter
I would have had a bit more belief in myself: I would have reached for America sooner.
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My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
When I was seven or eight, I got run over and was actually under the car, which was scary. I just ran out; it was totally my fault. I was fine – all I got was a tiny scar on my knee.
An English teacher, and then a dance teacher.
As a good person who was kind, funny, and a little bit naughty.
To Jade, my other half, because I can be hard work sometimes, and he is the most calm and understanding person I’ve ever met.
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