Terry Gross
Radio interviewer
A glass of wine, a good dinner with my husband, and a day ahead of me without a deadline is close enough.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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What are you most proud of?
Identity & self
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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How would you like to die?
Death & what remains
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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 big loaded baked potato and a good book with time to eat it and read it.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2012 source ↗
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View all 158 →The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.
The very short instant right after accomplishing something very challenging.
Julie Taymor
Theatre and film director
A fall day on the beach with Elliot and my dog, Luna, and the sea, sand, and sky.
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View profile →Dishonesty and being late for appointments.
The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
Well, I’m proud of all of them. I think the one that’s most personal to me is the lil’ Coat of Many Colors, because it talks about my mom, my parents, and kind of gives you an insight. It also covers bullying, acceptance and all that.
Recorded
Guardian reader “VerulamiumParkRanger”; as told to Rich Pelley, Guardian reader interview, The Guardian, 31 October 2024
source ↗
Flipping my wig.
Singing onstage—and everyone walking around me saying, “Look how happy she looks.”
Any person trying to uplift mankind.
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