RC
Losing my family in some way.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 256 →Dying, because I am so happy now.
I am petrified of bikini waxing. I had a very bad experience in 1978.
Kathy Lette
Australian-British author
My own books being discounted. Oh, and sharks. The reason we Aussies swim so fast is because something much bigger is always trying to eat us.
Small things make me anxious – like social things – but I have no big fears because I have faith in my heart.
More from Robert Carlyle
View profile →Like safety, that you've got everything covered; no stress, no fear.
I'm a great admirer of Tony Benn -he's one of the few politicians who speaks his mind.
Something by Nick Drake.
As an honest man.
Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.
The worst was as a butcher, aged 17.
More on identity & self
- Which trait in yourself do you like least? 239 answers
- As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? 197 answers
- What most recently moved you to tears? 192 answers
- What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? 158 answers
- How would you sum yourself up in three words? 114 answers
- What fills you with the most pride? 103 answers
Also answered this
Rosie Jones, Helen George, Rita Wilson, Joseph Fiennes, Dolly Parton, Patrick Stewart
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Proust Questionnaire questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject