Mel Brooks: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

The question

What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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.

Mel Brooks

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Being in a Broadway theater full of people laughing their heads off at one of my shows.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 December 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

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Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Being grateful for what you have.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗

Henry Winkler

The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.

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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball player and author

Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 27 August 2020 source ↗

Carol Burnett

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 ↗

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

Taking daily showers and always being there when I need them.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 December 2021 source ↗

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

Probably me, but I don’t think I’m supposed to say that!