Originally asked
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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
Well, first of all I’d like to change the word “deplore” to “dislike.” I guess that I’m almost a hermit; I don’t enjoy going out that much, and so I tend to take my happiness from the joys of my home and my husband.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2012 source ↗
My ability to invariably say exactly the wrong thing in any given situation.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2014 source ↗
My fear of confrontation.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗
I am a massive people-pleaser and it brings me nothing but trouble.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗
A $100,000 Mercedes.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
Yesterday: my old dog, Kim, has cancer, and I have to let him die now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
My epitaph says: 'We'll make this a comedy yet.' I've already planned it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
To a man whose heart I broke at 17.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
Dying in a plane crash and having somebody else get top billing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
Jimmy Carter, for his wisdom and courage in going to meet Hamas.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
Adam Kay, Adam Lambert, Adele Parks, Adrian Dunbar, Al Franken, Alex Hassell
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