Tom Ford: What do you fear most?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

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Tom Ford

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Couples who have to be sat side by side at L.A. dinner parties. What is that all about?!

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗

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Stephen Fry Actor, writer and broadcaster

Being found out.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2015 source ↗

Jason Sudeikis

Either living up to or not living up to my potential.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗

Robert De Niro Actor

My wife going on The Real Housewives of New York City.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2013 source ↗

Elton John

Dying, because I am so happy now.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2023 source ↗

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Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Gloria Steinem.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗

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

Life with no Instagram and no selfies. I am so tired of looking at people staring out of the window of a private plane with a small dog in their laps.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 February 2020 source ↗

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