Jodie Foster: What is your idea of perfect happiness?

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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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Jodie Foster

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Watching a great movie in the afternoon and then taking a long nap.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

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George Saunders Short-story writer and novelist

Being aware and accepting of whatever the state of my mind happens to be at the moment (even if that state is unhappy).

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 January 2023 source ↗

Catherine O’Hara

I think happiness is the absence of all things negative.

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

Alan Titchmarsh Gardener and broadcaster

Sitting down to supper with family and close friends, either in my garden or on my boat.

Recorded Rosanna Greenstreet, Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2005 source ↗

Tom Ford

Life with no Instagram and no selfies. I am so tired of looking at people staring out of the window of a private plane with a small dog in their laps.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 February 2020 source ↗

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Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self

Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?

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

Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight

Watching my sons ski down a mountain for the first time.

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

Question If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

Question What do you value most in your friends? Relationships

Deep and complex thoughts delivered with a wicked sense of humor.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗

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