Guy Pearce
Australian actor
My fear of confrontation.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗
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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.
When I “poll the audience” and my need to please others.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
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View all 242 →My ability to make everything about me.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗
Vic, my wife, has over the years reduced my impatience, but anybody who has been in a traffic jam with me will know that she hasn’t completed the task yet.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2023 source ↗
Flashes of hubris.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
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View profile →Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗
The birth of my children.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
Michelle Obama.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
When people talk over others.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
Seeing my family thrive and being underwater.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗
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