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I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2012 source ↗
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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?Originally asked
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Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
I would like to be more accepting of the faults of others.
I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.
Sally Field
Actor
I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
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Not always standing up for myself enough.
The first 10 years of my marriage, when my children were small.
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
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