Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2014 source ↗
I don’t think anyone should deplore anything about themselves. You can always improve things, but by deploring you’re putting yourself on a losing streak.
Fear of flying.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
My ability to invariably say exactly the wrong thing in any given situation.
I have no idea what perfect happiness feels like, but I am looking forward to the experience.
Walking into a room filled with friends and family singing “Happy Birthday” to me and I am completely naked.
Sophia Loren, Denise Welch, Antonio Banderas, Meghann Fahy, Betty White, Jim Kerr
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