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

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

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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Christine Baranski

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At sunset or under the stars on the dock of our lake house just being with my family and pals.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2013 source ↗

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Hans Zimmer Film composer

Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗

Helena Bonham Carter Actor

In my bed, a hot-water bottle on my tummy, the windows are open, reading a book that I’m already into, chocolate at hand, all with the knowledge that everyone I love and know is happy.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 April 2020 source ↗

Elton John

Being with my husband, David, and the boys.

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

Danielle Steel Novelist

Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2012 source ↗

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Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

My competitive side, the one that keeps score.

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

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Pettiness, arrogance, boorishness.

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

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

That we will have waited too long to save the earth from environmental catastrophe.

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

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot for advocating that girls be educated.

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

Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

That they can pick up where we left off.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2013 source ↗

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