Danielle Steel
Novelist
Not always standing up for myself enough.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2012 source ↗
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Control freakery in the kitchen.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
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Hugh Grant
Actor
I am unable to use scissors.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2024 source ↗
I dislike my impatience.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗
Maureen O'Hara
Irish and American actress and singer
I’d rather name one for someone else. I’m egomaniacal.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2014 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
When I was about eight, by a river waiting for my dad to finish fishing, eating a Mars bar, drinking a can of Coke and listening to Beat It by Michael Jackson on my Walkman. I remember feeling I couldn’t be happier.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
I’ve got vertigo, so anything to do with heights.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
When I left drama school, I thought I was going to work at the Royal Court and tell stories about political injustice. I got cast in ITV murder mysteries.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
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