George Takei: What do you fear most? — FLAPSS

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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.

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George Takei

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There’s no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. Though I do have that dream that I walk out onto the stage nude. Does that count?

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

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Couples who have to be sat side by side at L.A. dinner parties. What is that all about?!

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

Vick Hope British television and radio presenter

When I was growing up, I thought quicksand was going to be a much bigger fear to contend with on a day‑to-day basis. It hasn’t proved to be a bother yet, but there’s still time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗

Losing my memory.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Shirley Manson Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage

Dying of the same awful disease that took my mother – a particularly aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s disease.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

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Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I went overboard on the money I invested in the production of Allegiance. It did not return, but it was fulfilling that I was able to tell a story that’s dear.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2019 source ↗

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

Impatience and temper. Enough already!

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

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2019 source ↗

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

I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.

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

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

When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2019 source ↗

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

Pope Francis, who left the Vatican to wash the feet of non-believers.

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

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