Hans Zimmer
Film composer
A world destroyed by science-denying mediocrity.
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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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.
Losing my family.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗
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Rodents – including the tiniest mouse.
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Choose your friends wisely.
To my daughters and my partner, Tracey, for what I put them through with my transition.
In my early days of transitioning, I used to come to London and meet for a drink with a group going through the same thing. I used to wear a full wig, and one night I’d drunk too much and fell asleep on the train, and my wig slipped off.
Being two-faced.
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