The question
Which quality in your friends matters most to you?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
They want nothing but friendship.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗
They want to leave the party the same time I do.
Humor and honesty. Realness. No bullshit.
If I haven’t seen them in years and yet can pick up conversation like it was yesterday.
I like all my friends for different reasons, so it’s hard to pick one quality I value most highly overall.
Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.
A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
Food in a sink drain.
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
As someone who did what he could with what he had.
My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
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