Jodie Foster: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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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.

Jodie Foster

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Watching a great movie in the afternoon and then taking a long nap.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

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Donatella Versace

Family, friends, laughter, and music so loud you feel it inside.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 September 2014 source ↗

Christine Baranski

At sunset or under the stars on the dock of our lake house just being with my family and pals.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2013 source ↗

David Hyde Pierce

Being at home with Brian and the dogs.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2017 source ↗

John Cleese

The demise of the London Daily Mail.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 October 2014 source ↗

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Deep and complex thoughts delivered with a wicked sense of humor.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Watching my sons ski down a mountain for the first time.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

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