Sally Field
Actor
Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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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.
Finally, a happy marriage, of now 39 years!
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2011 source ↗
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Diane Keaton
Actor and director
A glass of red wine with ice.
Every single person and living creature on the planet is safe and well nourished.
Having the opportunity to contribute and serve.
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When: I finish a good scene. Where: looking back, in the navy.
My own doctor, Paul Rudnick.
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