John Malkovich
American actor
That the Proust Questionnaire will continue to be used by lazy, overworked journalists for another century or so (since you asked …).
What is your greatest fear?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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How would you like to die?
Death & what remains
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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.
A bumpy flight … or driving with my son Sam, who drives great, but I still can’t believe he’s old enough.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2016 source ↗
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Patti Smith
Musician, poet and photographer
Collapse of the imagination.
A plane that I’m on plunging into the sea. Aside from that, pigeons.
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View profile →Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.
Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
That they won’t let me hide.
Malala Yousafzai, Martina Navratilova, Misty Copeland, and Hillary Clinton.
When I’m extremely old during a huge family celebration where everyone is playing games and giving pre-written toasts … to me.
I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
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