Martin Sheen
American actor
My wife Janet: she is the most scrupulously honest human being I have ever encountered.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your greatest fear?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What do you value most in your friends?
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How would you like to die?
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Oprah Winfrey. She always does the right thing—even when no one is looking.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 source ↗
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Hayley Squires
English actress and playwright
Two friends who work for the NHS, Jason and Kate. One is a paramedic and one has been moved to work in an ICU.
Suzi Quatro
American-British rock musician
My sister Arlene, who is 75 and on marriage number seven. I admire her hopefulness.
Robbie Williams
English singer
My wife. As someone who is forever bored, I’m never bored with or of her.
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I’m disorganized.
I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
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