Nobody has ever accused me of being a superior communicator. If I could have conveyed to the American people the concerns I had, and my heartbeat, a little more clearly, maybe I would not be unemployed and retired. And I might not be this happy, either. I learned a lot from Ronald Reagan about communication. Never got to be in his league in terms of it, but he could say something and the American people might not agree with the issue, but they could empathize with him.
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.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 243 →I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.
Outside my very close-knit group of friends, socially I’m terrible.
I am a bit of a procrastinator.
More from Antonio Banderas
View profile →The very short instant right after accomplishing something very challenging.
Pedro Almodóvar, for being loyal to his personality as an artist against all the odds.
I don’t like fake people, impostors.
The age. I would like to be 30 years old now.
The death of my loved ones.
More on identity & self
Also answered this
Monica Dolan, Gina Lollobrigida, Julian Lennon, Sam Ryder, Guz Khan, Chaka Khan
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject