Jodie Foster: Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

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Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.

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

Jodie Foster

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Deep and complex thoughts delivered with a wicked sense of humor.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

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Daniel Radcliffe

I like all my friends for different reasons, so it’s hard to pick one quality I value most highly overall.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

Kevin Bacon

They want nothing but friendship.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗

Patti LuPone

Laughter first and foremost, acceptance, and love.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 August 2024 source ↗

Jamie Lee Curtis

Seeing and being seen.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 April 2022 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Watching my sons ski down a mountain for the first time.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Watching a great movie in the afternoon and then taking a long nap.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

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