Charles Dance
British actor
Never working again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗
What is your greatest fear?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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When were you happiest?
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.
Running out of options.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗
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Marina Abramović
Performance artist
To be eaten by a shark.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗
Sofia Coppola
American filmmaker and actress
Being stuck in a project that’s not challenging me, or true to my nature.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗
Gino D'Acampo
Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality
Overcooking pasta for my Italian family in Napoli – they would kill me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗
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View profile →Shyness. It really held me back when I was younger, and I wish it hadn’t. I do a better job of not being so shy these days.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗
Doing the spacewalk to fix a solar panel at the furthest edge of the ISS. You have no idea if you are going to get a chance to do a spacewalk when you go into space. I was fortunate. There’s a real juxtaposition between floating, completely serene and calm, looking down at Earth and the universe, and being aware that you are in this hostile environment.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗
My happiest moments are when I am wild camping with my family in Scotland and cooking on a fire by a river.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗
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