Al Franken
Senator and comedian
Surrounded by my great-great-grandchildren.
How would you like to die?
Question
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
Question
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
Question
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
Question
What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed final question in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire, repeated verbatim across respondent pages.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
In my sleep. And I don’t think about it. It’ll be what it’ll be.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 February 2013 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 44 →
Diane Keaton
Actor and director
Like? I have no soft spot, fondness, admiration, respect, attraction, or esteem for death. I am not taken with it or infatuated by it. I carry no torch, have no crush, take no shine to the word or action of death. I don’t have the hots for it, and I don’t dig it, either.
Sally Field
Actor
When I’m extremely old during a huge family celebration where everyone is playing games and giving pre-written toasts … to me.
Patrick Stewart
Actor
If needed—a doctor-assisted death.
More from Robert De Niro
View profile →I’m certainly not going to tell it here.
Self-importance, arrogance.
I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
My wife going on The Real Housewives of New York City.
More on death & what remains
- What would you like to be remembered for? 217 answers
- How close have you come to death? 210 answers
- What song would you like played at your funeral? 179 answers
- If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing? 54 answers
- What happens when we die? 53 answers
- What would you like to leave your children? 46 answers
Also answered this
Stephen Fry, Patrick Stewart, Helena Bonham Carter, Dolly Parton, Eugene Levy, Neil Patrick Harris
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All death & what remains questions
- The The Proust Questionnaire questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject