Jeff Goldblum: What is your greatest fear?

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.

Recorded Jeff Goldblum said elsewhere, not written here

Any misfortune involving our kids. Also, I have recurring nightmares that involve being chased by people or being attacked by scary animals.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2026 source ↗

Others on this question

Of choking on some food and having no one nearby to do the Heimlich maneuver.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2013 source ↗

Daphne Guinness British socialite

Aggression without provocation or consequences.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗

Having no way of earning money.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Personal: health. Globally: nuclear weapons.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2011 source ↗

Every single person and living creature on the planet is safe and well nourished.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 April 2026 source ↗

The first time Emilie and I kissed.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2026 source ↗

My wife, all those who contribute something of beauty, and scientists.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2026 source ↗

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