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

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

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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.

Patti LuPone

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A calm and peaceful mind, landing a joke, being the name right after “And the winner is…”

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 August 2024 source ↗

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Megan Rapinoe United States international footballer, 2006–2023

“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” —Emma Lazarus. Perfect happiness exists only in my imagination at the moment.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2020 source ↗

Cecile Richards

A taco truck on every corner.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 29 March 2018 source ↗

Eugene Levy Actor and writer

Devouring an egg salad sandwich with the salt, pepper, and mayo in exactly the right proportion.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 November 2019 source ↗

John Cleese

The demise of the London Daily Mail.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 October 2014 source ↗

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

My Sicilian impulsiveness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2024 source ↗

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

Laughter first and foremost, acceptance, and love.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 August 2024 source ↗

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

The trait that ignites my Sicilian impulsiveness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2024 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Filming Penny Dreadful for five months in the Republic of Ireland, sublime land of faeries and spontaneous song.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2024 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Falling onstage…or anywhere.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2024 source ↗

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