Christine Baranski: 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

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Christine Baranski

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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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Patti LaBelle

Being healthy. Sometimes we don’t know that we’re not healthy because we’re not going to the doctor—like me, when I first discovered I had diabetes years ago.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗

Little Richard

Being at peace with God.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

Anjelica Huston

A walk on the Golden Strand beach in County Mayo, on the West Coast of Ireland.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 January 2019 source ↗

Scottie Pippen

Cooking dinner and hanging out with my kids.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 October 2021 source ↗

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Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot for advocating that girls be educated.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

That we will have waited too long to save the earth from environmental catastrophe.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗

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

My competitive side, the one that keeps score.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗

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

Pettiness, arrogance, boorishness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗

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

That they can pick up where we left off.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2013 source ↗

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