Sally Field
Actor
That they won’t let me hide.
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
George and I have been there for each other since we were two years old and for most of life's most poignant moments.
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John Malkovich
Actor
That they’re kind, trustworthy, smart, and can hear and communicate and aren’t afraid to do so.
Their humor and that they are smarter than I, but not by too much.
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View profile →Our wedding day is tied with the births of my three children as the best days of my life.
Oh, I have a lot of pleasures. I love the being outdoors. I love fly-fishing, particularly for salmon. I love to ski.
We have made many investments in our history. Not all have succeeded. As entrepreneurs willing to take some risk, we have made many mistakes. But when we are successful, we leave the company better than we found it.
With all due respect to Procter & Gamble, I wanted to be an entrepreneur.
Finding true love with my wife, Marie-Josée, has been one of the greatest gifts of my life.
I think one of the most important things that I’ve had to overcome is jealousy from the outside. Of learning that not everybody is going to be my friend.
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