The question
If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would care less about what people thought of me.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 April 2022 source ↗
Nothin’. All my experiences, talents, wins, and L’s make me who I am today. I am constantly evolving, learning, and working toward not just being great, but also staying true to who I’ve always been—just a kid with a big dream from the LBC.
Convince myself that walking two miles a day isn’t boring.
I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
I’ve discovered that I have no happiness other than my dogs’. If they’re happy, I’m happy. That sounds like something my mother used to say about her children, which I always thought was slightly manipulative and way overstated. I was wrong.
Ricky Gervais. I’m saying that so he might read this and cast me in something.
Hugh Jackman, Daniel Radcliffe, Carol Burnett, Alice Waters, Trevor Noah, Ed Koch
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