Whoopi Goldberg: What do you fear most?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Whoopi Goldberg

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I’m most afraid that someday I’m going to be on an airplane and it’s going to be acting the way I don’t want it to.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

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Sophia Loren

To overcook that plate of fettuccine.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

Helena Bonham Carter Actor

The loss of anything, be it a loved one or a faculty—my sight, hearing, or mind.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗

Keith McNally

My children dying before me.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2026 source ↗

Rachel Maddow

Becoming dickish.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2012 source ↗

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

Pope Francis. He’s going with the original program. He may not be perfect, but he’s trying.

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Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would laugh more. I don’t laugh enough.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2015 source ↗

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

I can be a huge asshole, not very nice. Doesn’t happen very often, but when it happens, it’s not attractive.

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

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

Humor and honesty. Realness. No bullshit.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2015 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

A perfect day is when I can sit outside and listen to an audiobook and watch my family walking around.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2015 source ↗

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

When a person is judgmental without realizing that they are the thing they detest in others.

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

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