Trevor Noah: 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.

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Living a life of regret because of fear.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2016 source ↗

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Layton Williams

Dying: I’m too iconic to go.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗

Kevin Bacon

Food in a sink drain.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗

Patrick Stewart Actor

That I would lose her.

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

Richard Schiff

People finding out my greatest fear.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

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

Joseph Opio, a Ugandan writer who has discovered the secrets of happiness.

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

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

My love of sugar.

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

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

Racism and bigotry.

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

Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

If I could change one thing about myself, it would be to change the idea that I should change something about myself.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 October 2016 source ↗

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

Any day spent laughing with friends or family.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 October 2016 source ↗

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