Sally Field
Actor
That they won’t let me hide.
What do you value most in your friends?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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 is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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.
Honesty. Tell me the truth, even if it hurts.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗
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View all 65 →I like all my friends for different reasons, so it’s hard to pick one quality I value most highly overall.
Their willingness to have me as a friend.
Ina Garten
Cookery writer and shop owner
That they want to be with me.
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View profile →Being healthy. Sometimes we don’t know that we’re not healthy because we’re not going to the doctor—like me, when I first discovered I had diabetes years ago.
Being too open and generous to those who don’t deserve it.
Having fun with my sisters back in the day. I miss playing cards and fighting over crabs with them every weekend.
COVID-19 and how it’s affecting everyone. Also, I’m afraid of not knowing when I’ll be able to perform in front of people again and enjoy an audience.
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