Christine Baranski: What do you fear most?

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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.

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Christine Baranski

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That we will have waited too long to save the earth from environmental catastrophe.

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

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Chris Bryant

Totalitarianism in Europe.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Mark Radcliffe

Heights, something happening to my children and Manchester United getting good again (I’m a Man City fan).

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Sharleen Spiteri

When I was little, a couple of rapes took place in Glasgow. I remember my mum saying to walk in the middle of the pavement, and to this day I am very conscious of where I am.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

Melissa Etheridge Singer, songwriter and guitarist

To let fear overcome my life. We’re not gonna let that happen because love is always greater than fear.

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

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Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

That they can pick up where we left off.

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

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

My competitive side, the one that keeps score.

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

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

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 ↗

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

Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot for advocating that girls be educated.

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

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Pettiness, arrogance, boorishness.

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

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