Heights. I love being high, but I don’t like being up high.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 source ↗
The question
What is your greatest fear?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.
Heights. I love being high, but I don’t like being up high.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 source ↗
I’ve always been frightened of the dark. I sometimes wonder whether it stems from being away filming from the age of five. I can remember being devastatingly homesick and having a little nightlight I used to look at to reassure myself things were all right.
The thought that I might die with unresolved conflicts.
When I was little, a couple of rapes took place in Glasgow. I remember my mum saying to walk in the middle of the pavement, and to this day I am very conscious of where I am.
Immunity to cruelty.
Nothin’. All my experiences, talents, wins, and L’s make me who I am today. I am constantly evolving, learning, and working toward not just being great, but also staying true to who I’ve always been—just a kid with a big dream from the LBC.
Everybody around me is happy, my spirit is right, and just nothing but peace and tranquility in the building.
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