Martin Scorsese: 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.

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Martin Scorsese

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I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 March 2010 source ↗

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Naomi Campbell

These days, it’s good health and peace.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 April 2021 source ↗

Julie Taymor Theatre and film director

A fall day on the beach with Elliot and my dog, Luna, and the sea, sand, and sky.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 October 2022 source ↗

Andrea Martin

Listening to my sons play a piano-and-sax duet.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 April 2017 source ↗

Daniel Radcliffe

Eating breakfast foods at a time of the day other than breakfast. Pancakes for dinner—I’m happy.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

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

Laziness, wasting time. I’d like to be able to make films faster.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗

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

When my friends and I were making Mean Streets, 1973.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗

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

Actually, I dislike dealing with schedules and logistics—mine and others’.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗

Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

First of all, I’d like to stop complaining—I’m beginning to annoy myself. I would like to learn to read faster, however. Again, the rest I’ve learned to live with.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 22 February 2010 source ↗

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