Daniel Radcliffe: If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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

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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.

Daniel Radcliffe

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

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Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want

So for years I kept calling myself an entrepreneur until one day I realized like, wait a second, this is expired! Like somebody who is an athlete in high school can’t keep calling himself an athlete forever.

Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 23 April 2023 source ↗

Rachel Maddow

I would be a better correspondent. I’m hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 15 March 2012 source ↗

Hans Zimmer Film composer

A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗

Monica Lewinsky

How my PTSD manifests—it feels like being the only ballerina in the company saddled with a 100-pound backpack and told to go out onstage and still be graceful.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 August 2021 source ↗

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

My ability to invariably say exactly the wrong thing in any given situation.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2014 source ↗

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

It’s hard to pick one time. I feel like I’m quite a happy person. My ninth birthday was epic, though.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2014 source ↗

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

Eating breakfast foods at a time of the day other than breakfast. Pancakes for dinner—I’m happy.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

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

I like all my friends for different reasons, so it’s hard to pick one quality I value most highly overall.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

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