Either living up to or not living up to my potential.
What is your greatest fear?
Question
What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Question
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
Question
What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Question
How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
Question
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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.
On my deathbed thinking I wish I would have done something that I didn’t do.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 255 →I’m most afraid that someday I’m going to be on an airplane and it’s going to be acting the way I don’t want it to.
Rosie Jones
British comedian and actress
Not being liked.
I’m not fond of snakes.
More from Michael Flatley
View profile →Rhythm patterns from my dance shows.
The day my son was born.
Aside from the night that my wife said yes, creating Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, and employing thousands of dancers for the last 30 years.
I think any of us will be lucky to be remembered at all.
My recent battle with cancer.
You’re going to come up against brick walls in life. You’ve got to go over them, under them, around them, or crash through them, but somehow or other you’ve got to get to the other side.
More on identity & self
- Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? 243 answers
- What most recently made you cry? 193 answers
- What did you want to be when you were growing up? 192 answers
- What is your idea of perfect happiness? 158 answers
- How would you describe yourself in three words? 110 answers
- What are you most proud of? 100 answers
Also answered this · A–Z
Alison Steadman, Angela Griffin, Ardal O'Hanlon, Audra McDonald, Carrie Fisher, Charles Dance
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Proust Questionnaire questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject