Jean Smart: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

The question

What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

Originally asked

Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.

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Jean Smart

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My kids are in the house. I’ve been gardening in my vegetable garden. I have absolutely zero obligations or calls to return. Now I’m fixing dinner with music playing and having a glass of wine.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

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Kazuo Ishiguro Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017

Sitting down to a leisurely conversation in an English tearoom with my wife, a friend, or even an interesting stranger. Good cake is essential.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 March 2023 source ↗

Martin Scorsese

I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 March 2010 source ↗

Elton John

Being with my husband, David, and the boys.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2023 source ↗

Little Richard

Being at peace with God.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗