Julie Taymor
Theatre and film director
A fall day on the beach with Elliot and my dog, Luna, and the sea, sand, and sky.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What do you value most in your friends?
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What is your greatest fear?
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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.
At sunset or under the stars on the dock of our lake house just being with my family and pals.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2013 source ↗
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That they can pick up where we left off.
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