Deborah Divine.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2019 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Lily Tomlin
Comedian and actor
My partner, who’s helping me with this Proust Questionnaire.
Shirley Hughes
English illustrator and author
My sons for their bravery, and my daughter and daughters-in-law for being working mothers and always being able to make me laugh.
Hilary Swank
Actor
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Maggie O'Farrell
Irish-British novelist
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed George Floyd’s murder. It took astonishing courage to stand on the pavement in front of those policemen, and we all owe her so much.
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Knowing they are there for you.
The inability to laugh before 11 a.m.
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