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

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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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Alfred Molina

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A beautiful meal and a glass of wine with my favorite people and lots of laughter ringing around the table.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 May 2024 source ↗

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball player and author

Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 27 August 2020 source ↗

Seth Rogen

Eating dan dan noodles with my wife.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2017 source ↗

Ed Koch

Sitting in a living room with my sister, Pat Thaler, and her seven grandchildren and just talking with them. They range in age from 9 to 21 years old.

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

Ina Garten Cookery writer and shop owner

Sundays in Paris with Jeffrey. We go to the Sunday market, make a nice lunch, drink a big bottle of Burgundy, and then take a long delicious nap. Heaven.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 September 2016 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Dying alone and in pain.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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

Self-doubt and a reoccurring fear that people would prefer the other Alfred Molina.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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

My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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

Cruelty and not treating others as equals.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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