Jamie Lee Curtis: What is your idea of perfect happiness?

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.

Recorded Jamie Lee Curtis said elsewhere, not written here

Knowing that each day I have lived wisely and loved well.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 April 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

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Kevin Bacon

A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗

Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Being grateful for what you have.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗

Yo-Yo Ma Cellist

Those times when I feel equilibrium, maximum consciousness, and clarity.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2016 source ↗

Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

The reaction of my family and me to our extraordinary good fortune is not guilt, but rather gratitude. Were we to use more than 1% of my claim checks on ourselves, neither our happiness nor our well-being would be enhanced. In contrast, that remaining 99% can have a huge effect on the health and welfare of others.

Recorded His own pledge letter, written on joining the Giving Pledge in 2010, The Giving Pledge, 2010 source ↗