Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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.
First of all, I’d like to stop complaining—I’m beginning to annoy myself. I would like to learn to read faster, however. Again, the rest I’ve learned to live with.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 22 February 2010 source ↗
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View all 53 →Procrastinating. I saved answering this questionnaire until the very last minute.
The age. I would like to be 30 years old now.
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
I deeply regret not having learned a musical instrument. And I regret not having focused more on Spanish when I was studying it in school. I would love to be able to speak Spanish fluently and play an instrument.
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View profile →Laziness, wasting time. I’d like to be able to make films faster.
When my friends and I were making Mean Streets, 1973.
I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.
Actually, I dislike dealing with schedules and logistics—mine and others’.
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