Gino D'Acampo: What do you fear most?

The question

Originally asked

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.

Gino D'Acampo

Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Overcooking pasta for my Italian family in Napoli – they would kill me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗

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Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

The concept of eternity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Rose Tremain English writer

We live in a fearful age: Brexit, Covid, global warming, cancel culture, war in Ukraine. Add in pancreatic cancer and you find me in an advanced and complex state of anxiety.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2022 source ↗

Lee Child

I’m from Birmingham. I’m not afraid of things. Things are afraid of me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2025 source ↗

Jeff Goldblum

Any misfortune involving our kids. Also, I have recurring nightmares that involve being chased by people or being attacked by scary animals.

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

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

That Italy didn’t qualify for the World Cup this year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

I wanted to be a footballer at first, like any other Neapolitan kid.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗

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

I am always very happy in Sardinia with my family; I spend at least six months of the year there. Six months working and six months relaxing – I think that is a great balance.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗