Brooke Shields: If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Brooke Shields

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I would erase my fear of dying, but I suppose that would be erasing some of my human condition.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 February 2025 source ↗

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Colson Whitehead

Best to leave things alone. Pull things out, it all comes down. I’m Jenga like that.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 July 2023 source ↗

Nancy Pelosi

That I would have focused more on languages.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2019 source ↗

Hugh Jackman

Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗

Allison Janney

I wish I always had the right word in the right moment at the right time and not two hours later in my car going home.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2025 source ↗

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

Watching my girls laugh together. It is more short-lived than I’d like, but it does happen!

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 February 2025 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Drowning. The feeling of not being able to take a breath. I’m sure my therapist would have something to say about the deep psychological reasons for it.

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

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

Humor. Laughing with my girlfriends is one of my great joys.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 February 2025 source ↗

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

On a beach, watching my girls do cartwheels, with a Goombay Smash with a floater on top.

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

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

Gloria Steinem.

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

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