Jim Broadbent: Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

The question

Originally asked

Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Jim Broadbent

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Their humor and that they are smarter than I, but not by too much.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 January 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

They’re wonderful people who seem to like me!

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2013 source ↗

Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.

Recorded His own pledge letter, written on joining the Giving Pledge in 2010, The Giving Pledge, 2010 source ↗

That they don’t die on me.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 January 2003 source ↗

Megan Rapinoe United States international footballer, 2006–2023

Humor and honesty. And, like me, they always think the unnecessary last drink is a great idea.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2020 source ↗

Weeping with laughter.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 January 2018 source ↗

It happens all the time, but childhood holidays on the North Norfolk coast were a kind of bliss.

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

The Obamas are impressive.

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

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