Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
The concept of eternity.
What is your greatest fear?
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How would you like to die?
Death & what remains
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being on a Broadway stage and forgetting what the play is.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2019 source ↗
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That we won’t act fast enough to save the planet.
Lack of purpose.
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Devouring an egg salad sandwich with the salt, pepper, and mayo in exactly the right proportion.
Knowing they are there for you.
The inability to laugh before 11 a.m.
Deborah Divine.
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