Lack of purpose.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2015 source ↗
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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I’ve always been frightened of the dark. I sometimes wonder whether it stems from being away filming from the age of five. I can remember being devastatingly homesick and having a little nightlight I used to look at to reassure myself things were all right.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
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Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker
When the audience walks toward the stage.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗
Mike Wallace
American journalist
I don’t have any left. I’ve already lost a son. I guess, maybe, that my wife would leave me, but she wouldn’t dare.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗
That we won’t act fast enough to save the planet.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2009 source ↗
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View profile →Mental cruelty.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Minding not being liked.
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Fine dining when it goes wrong.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Not to take anything for granted.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
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