John Malkovich
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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.
My children ending up anything like me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 256 →Lack of purpose.
Falling onstage…or anywhere.
That I will suddenly lose my sense of humor, and everyone knows it but me.
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My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
Their inability to deal with my disorganisation.
I was once walking through Edinburgh with someone in the industry. I was quite drunk and I slowly wet myself.
My wife when I tried out some new material on her, said: “I’m sure the people who like you would like that.”
A comedian or rapper. You can tell by the way I’m dressed that I’m a frustrated rapper.
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