Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
As an honest man.
Death & what remains
How would you want people to remember you?
213 answers answered between 1995 and 2026 one of 5 in 73 Questions
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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
As a well-balanced and functioning thin man.
Christy Turlington Burns
American model
As someone who didn’t waste a minute.
Warwick Davis
English actor
As an actor who happens to be short.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
As a complex and brilliant man.
Carlos Acosta
Cuban ballet dancer
As someone who made a difference.
Sara Cox
English broadcaster
For making people’s journeys on the M6 a bit easier.
Laurence Fox
English actor and activist
Not that much of a twat.
Mathew Horne
English actor
As a half-decent actor.
Ralf Little
English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer
Simply as a man who put a smile on the face of everyone he met.
Russell Howard
British comedian and presenter
I would just like to be remembered.
Francesca Martinez
British comedian
As the woman who never died.
Daniel Mays
British actor
As an everyman who could act a bit.
Sofia Helin
Swedish actress
My vain side would like to be remembered as someone who did good for others in some way. But I would be happy if my children remembered me.
Edith Bowman
Scottish radio DJ and television presenter
As a nice person who always put others before myself. I’d also like my own posthumous tartan.
Emma Bunton
British singer
As a good person who was kind, funny, and a little bit naughty.
Alex Jones
American far-right conspiracy theorist
As a good friend, somebody people could rely on, somebody who liked a bit of a laugh, and as a good mother.
Lauren Laverne
English radio DJ, and television presenter
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
Angela Griffin
British actress and television presenter
As somebody who was hardworking, kind and nice.
Felicity Jones
British actress
Kind, funny, alive.
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