Bob Mackie: Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

The question

Originally asked

Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Bob Mackie

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My closest friends have always been my clients and coworkers, their love and loyalty, not to mention their amazing talents!

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 April 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

Eugene Levy Actor and writer

Knowing they are there for you.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 November 2019 source ↗

Lily Tomlin Comedian and actor

That they’re my friends. I trust them and they trust me.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 June 2022 source ↗

Elmore Leonard Novelist and screenwriter

That they get it.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 December 2012 source ↗

Humor. Laughing with my girlfriends is one of my great joys.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 February 2025 source ↗

A great entrance-making outfit, where everyone oohs and aahs!

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 April 2023 source ↗

The inability to appreciate true talent.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2023 source ↗

Being overly critical.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2023 source ↗

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