Robert Evans: 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.

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Robert Evans

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Being there through thin and thin. That’s friendship treasured.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 December 2013 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 ↗

Jodie Foster

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

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

Ina Garten Cookery writer and shop owner

That they want to be with me.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 September 2016 source ↗

John Malkovich Actor

That they’re kind, trustworthy, smart, and can hear and communicate and aren’t afraid to do so.

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

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

At the altar all seven times.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

False humility.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Anyone who can laugh at themselves.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Flirting with danger.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

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