Mindy Kaling: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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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.

Mindy Kaling

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Falling asleep watching a movie on a sofa because I drank too much wine at dinner, my head resting on the thigh of a loved one, who will later explain what happened.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2015 source ↗

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Ricky Gervais

Playing with a dog. And we’re both drunk.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 August 2017 source ↗

Allison Janney

Cooking out with my closest friends and laughing until we are crying.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2019 source ↗

Charles Osgood

Drinks on the deck at sunset.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 1999 source ↗

Patti Smith Musician, poet and photographer

Clarity when I am writing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2024 source ↗

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

People taking themselves seriously.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗

Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

They want to leave the party the same time I do.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2015 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Generally? Hurting someone’s feelings. Specifically? Being kidnapped while on vacation.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗

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

Sunday mornings with my parents when I visited from college.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗

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