Kiell Smith-Bynoe: What do you fear most? — FLAPSS

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What do you fear most?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.

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Kiell Smith-Bynoe

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A plane that I’m on plunging into the sea. Aside from that, pigeons.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

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Sharon Corr Musical artist

Not fulfilling my potential.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗

Still nuclear annihilation.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2015 source ↗

Chiwetel Ejiofor English actor

It’s actually people knowing how fearful I am.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2024 source ↗

Daphne Guinness British socialite

Aggression without provocation or consequences.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗

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Being giving to the detriment of myself.

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An office in the garden.

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Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Making my mum proud.

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Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

Handing out the tequilas.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Very silly boy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Gulliver’s Travels at Adelaide Fringe.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

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