Carol Burnett: If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

The question

Originally asked

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.

Carol Burnett

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My tendency to worry about the future if there’s nothing you can do about it.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

I would erase my fear of dying, but I suppose that would be erasing some of my human condition.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 February 2025 source ↗

My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 August 2018 source ↗

Elmore Leonard Novelist and screenwriter

Convince myself that walking two miles a day isn’t boring.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 November 2012 source ↗

I would care less about what people thought of me.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 April 2022 source ↗

Being at home, watching a good movie with my husband. Dining out with good friends.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2020 source ↗

Bigotry. Narcissism.

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

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