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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗
Shopping at the organic farmers market, buying whatever’s in season that looks the ripest and most vibrant, and bringing it home to cook with my friends.
Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.
A calm and peaceful mind, landing a joke, being the name right after “And the winner is…”
Taking an overnight train in Europe.
My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.
Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
Food in a sink drain.
They want nothing but friendship.
Sally Field, Pedro Almodóvar, Hans Zimmer, T Bone Burnett, Danielle Steel, Gloria Steinem
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