The question
Which quality in your friends matters most to you?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.
Being there for each other during good times and bad.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 September 2025 source ↗
That they don’t give a tinker’s damn about my celebrity.
I love that my true friends don’t think of me as that Judy, but as the Judy they’ve known for years, a woman, like them. And I love their senses of humor.
Humor, perspective, and selective honesty.
Forbearance with my chronic tardiness.
Being judgmental.
Playing the Cowardly Lion in our fourth-grade production of The Wizard of Oz. Thank you, Mr. Riccobono.
Procrastinating. I saved answering this questionnaire until the very last minute.
Gabby Giffords. She’s a survivor of gun violence and a relentless champion of sensible gun safety measures.
Losing family, friends, and loved ones.
Patti LaBelle, Brooke Shields, Christine Baranski, Jamie Lee Curtis, Helen Mirren, Sally Mann
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