Being in process on a creative project I love.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is your greatest fear?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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When were you happiest?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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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.
A beautiful meal and a glass of wine with my favorite people and lots of laughter ringing around the table.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 May 2024 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 158 →Contentment with what I have.
A meal alfresco with people I love.
Late one Sunday afternoon, my three-year-old granddaughter, out of the blue, took my hand and said she wanted to whisper something to me. Could we go for a ride around the block before we all sat down for dinner? Just the two of us? Holding hands as we walked to and from the car in the driveway: Bliss.
More from Alfred Molina
View profile →Dying alone and in pain.
Self-doubt and a reoccurring fear that people would prefer the other Alfred Molina.
My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.
Cruelty and not treating others as equals.
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