Mel Brooks: Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

The question

Originally asked

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.

Mel Brooks

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Taking daily showers and always being there when I need them.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 December 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

Sally Mann Photographer

Knowing when to show up and when to go home.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 March 2018 source ↗

A willingness to come uptown.

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

The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2013 source ↗

I think I value the same things everyone does—loyalty, a sense of humor, the ability to make campaign contributions.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2003 source ↗

Being in a Broadway theater full of people laughing their heads off at one of my shows.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 December 2021 source ↗

Probably me, but I don’t think I’m supposed to say that!