Being able to share a confidence.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
They want nothing but friendship.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗
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View all 65 →Humor, perspective, and selective honesty.
A sense of humor and/or the ability to use a toilet correctly.
A love of laughter and a shared belief that life is a dream.
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View profile →A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.
My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.
As someone who did what he could with what he had.
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