I would care less about what people thought of me.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 April 2022 source ↗
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My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 August 2018 source ↗
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View all 49 →Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗
My inability to have a long-term intimate relationship.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 October 2009 source ↗
To be more outgoing. I love being home, but sometimes I feel guilty that I like it too much.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2012 source ↗
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View profile →The delivery room when my children and grandchildren were born.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗
The inability to listen.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗
The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 August 2018 source ↗
Being confined in a straitjacket.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗
Being able to share a confidence.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 August 2018 source ↗
I can be pedantic at times.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗
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