Richard Schiff: What do you fear most? — FLAPSS

The question

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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Richard Schiff

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

People finding out my greatest fear.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

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Unemployment – I’m an actor.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2025 source ↗

Michelle Collins

Being murdered – I listen to too many true-crime podcasts.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Joseph Fiennes English actor

That fear becomes too great.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

Anything underneath me in water I can’t see to the bottom of.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗

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Question What worries you about getting older? Time & hindsight

Getting even older.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

Wondering why I can’t sleep.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

There are no more interviews.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

Both parents, I’ll write the book someday.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

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

Inability to listen.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Showing up is at least 90% of it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

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