Jodie Foster: Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

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Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Jodie Foster

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Deep and complex thoughts delivered with a wicked sense of humor.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

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Julie Taymor Theatre and film director

Love of fun and food and great conversation.

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

Michael Douglas

If I haven’t seen them in years and yet can pick up conversation like it was yesterday.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 March 2011 source ↗

Allison Janney

Those who are both loyal and can cook.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2019 source ↗

Hans Zimmer Film composer

They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

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

Watching my sons ski down a mountain for the first time.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

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

I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Watching a great movie in the afternoon and then taking a long nap.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

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