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

The question

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

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.

Jane Fonda

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2009 source ↗

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Diane Keaton Actor and director

A glass of red wine with ice.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2014 source ↗

Vera Wang

Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 October 2020 source ↗

John Malkovich Actor

Watching seeds grow in the greenhouse. Drawing or reading or cooking.

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

Bill Clinton 42nd President of the United States, 1993–2001

Yeah. I’m the luckiest person who ever lived, you know? I worked hard, like a demon. Some would say too hard from time to time, and I over-married, and I had a magnificent child. I have been incredibly fortunate, but I had the American Dream, and it didn’t matter to anybody that nobody in my family had ever been to college.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗