Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
That it all goes away and never comes back.
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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When were you happiest?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Those abduction situations where you’re packed in a bunker for 30 years.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗
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Carrie Fisher
Actor and writer
A bad death . . . fast or slow.
Couples who have to be sat side by side at L.A. dinner parties. What is that all about?!
My children dying before me.
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View profile →My short film, Scrubber, in 2011. At that time in my life it seemed easier to pay for it myself than to apply for funds.
Hey Ya, by OutKast.
In the orange blossom-filled streets of Seville, snogging on a park bench.
Confident, stressed, greedy.
I can’t deal with any level of stress.
I’ve done some acting jobs where everybody’s gone out of their way to make sure that you feel annoying and easily replaceable.
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