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
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Others on this question
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David Baddiel
Comedian and writer
The comedian Norm Macdonald. He’s the funniest man in the world, but so committed to being funny, he’s continually screwing up his career.
Danielle Steel
Novelist
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Jane Asher
English actress and author
The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
John Cooper Clarke
English poet
Peter Hitchens: he ploughs the lonely furrow.
More from Lily Tomlin
View profile →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.
That they’re my friends. I trust them and they trust me.
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