Charlotte Rampling
English actress
To die before I know certain things.
What is your greatest fear?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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Do you rely on inspiration or discipline to make work?
Craft & work
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What do you do when you feel creatively blocked or stuck?
Craft & work
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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Which writers or artists most influenced your work?
Taste & recommendation
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How do you balance creative work with other responsibilities?
Daily life
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.
That was scary because I am afraid of guns.
Andrew D. Goulet, Interview, The Harvard Crimson, 5 October 2001 source ↗
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View all 279 →My greatest fear is going out onstage and having the audience just stare at me.
Adrian Scarborough
British actor
Not dying before my wife and kids.
Eleanor Tomlinson
English actress
I’m terrified of time. The people I love are getting older and time seems to be going faster and faster. It’s scary. I’d like it to slow down, please.
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View profile →Yes. Although I acted early on, I always wanted to be a painter.
I know what I’m doing when I’m doing it but I almost don’t know what I’m doing when I’m doing it.
Whenever we went out to dinner or a party, especially when I had a temper tantrum, drawing was the remedy of choice. It only calmed me down. [Laughs] It still does.
I really admire Meryl Streep. I am a very big Bette Davis fan. And I like Anjelica Huston, who also directs.
So living with my dad for sure influenced me.
I always acted to be able to afford paints.
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