My partner, who’s helping me with this Proust Questionnaire.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2022 source ↗
The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Dominic West
English actor
Stacey Dooley. She does incredible documentaries – in one, she took spoiled British kids to the Philippines to work in a factory. It’s exactly what my kids need to watch.
Harry Hill
English comedian
The artist Magda Archer [his wife].
Bill Bailey
Comedian and musician
Aung San Suu Kyi, for her resilience and determination.
Mark Gatiss
British actor and writer
Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.
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View profile →That they’re my friends. I trust them and they trust me.
Filling out this Proust Questionnaire. I try to be in the moment.
In my sleep, “dreaming android dreams of electric sheep.”
Being onstage and forgetting why I’m there.
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