Having gone through the depression of ’29, I’d hate to see the U.S. hit bottom and not come back!
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗
What is your greatest fear?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not working. I want to be one of those old actors on the set of Casualty at 95, who quietly passes away in the actual scene rather than at home.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
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Seth Meyers
American comedian and TV host
Running out of ideas.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2015 source ↗
Being on a plane that is about to crash.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2021 source ↗
Rita Moreno
Actor, singer and dancer
The thought that I might die with unresolved conflicts.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 source ↗
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View profile →During the first week or two of lockdown. We didn’t know what was coming and it didn’t feel dangerous at that point; there was just a real sense of family and hunkering down.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
A personal assistant.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
Lee Warburton. He had just left drama school and was doing the Alexander technique in the Corrie green room. I hadn’t been to drama school, and really took the piss out of him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
The fact that there are not enough hours in the day and I’ve taken on too much.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
People who are not self-aware.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
As somebody who was hardworking, kind and nice.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
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