Julie Taymor
Theatre and film director
A fall day on the beach with Elliot and my dog, Luna, and the sea, sand, and sky.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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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
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.
A peaceful, joyous time in the world…or in my head.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 April 2025 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 167 →I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.
Watching my wife and children eat.
A walk on the Golden Strand beach in County Mayo, on the West Coast of Ireland.
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I have a lot to be grateful for, but right now, being married. Having time to be with my husband and his children. I feel very grateful.
People’s need to feel superior to others. All it does is cause judgment and hate.
I most admire Steve Sondheim, who is not alive anymore. But his words and music keep him alive.
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