Lily Tomlin
Comedian and actor
Filling out this Proust Questionnaire. I try to be in the moment.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Eating breakfast foods at a time of the day other than breakfast. Pancakes for dinner—I’m happy.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗
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Floating on my back in the ocean.
A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
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I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.
It’s hard to pick one time. I feel like I’m quite a happy person. My ninth birthday was epic, though.
I like all my friends for different reasons, so it’s hard to pick one quality I value most highly overall.
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