Mindy Kaling: What do you fear most?

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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.

Mindy Kaling

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Generally? Hurting someone’s feelings. Specifically? Being kidnapped while on vacation.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗

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Rita Moreno Actor, singer and dancer

The thought that I might die with unresolved conflicts.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 source ↗

Sally Field Actor

A bumpy flight … or driving with my son Sam, who drives great, but I still can’t believe he’s old enough.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2016 source ↗

Fay Ripley English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

Spiders, needles, blood, pain and breaking wind in public.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗

Dervla Kirwan

Ironically, it’s talking to hundreds of people in a room.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗

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

Sunday mornings with my parents when I visited from college.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗

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

They want to leave the party the same time I do.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2015 source ↗

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

Falling asleep watching a movie on a sofa because I drank too much wine at dinner, my head resting on the thigh of a loved one, who will later explain what happened.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2015 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

People taking themselves seriously.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗

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