Antonio Banderas: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? — FLAPSS

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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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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.

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Antonio Banderas

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The very short instant right after accomplishing something very challenging.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 December 2019 source ↗

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Jane Birkin Singer, songwriter, actor

Christmas with my girls, my brother, my sister, and all the children.

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

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Late one Sunday afternoon, my three-year-old granddaughter, out of the blue, took my hand and said she wanted to whisper something to me. Could we go for a ride around the block before we all sat down for dinner? Just the two of us? Holding hands as we walked to and from the car in the driveway: Bliss.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 March 2019 source ↗

Good TV, good delivery, perfect AC. Literally doing nothing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 September 2019 source ↗

Having the opportunity to contribute and serve.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 27 September 2019 source ↗

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

Pedro Almodóvar, for being loyal to his personality as an artist against all the odds.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

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

My pathological incapacity to say no.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

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

I don’t like fake people, impostors.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

The death of my loved ones.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

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

The age. I would like to be 30 years old now.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 December 2019 source ↗

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