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The question

If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Originally asked

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.

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Cyndi Lauper
I’ve constantly been changing myself my whole life. I am what you would call “a piece of work” in progress.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2020 source ↗
Allison Janney
I wish I always had the right word in the right moment at the right time and not two hours later in my car going home.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2025 source ↗
Danielle Steel Novelist
I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2012 source ↗
Serena Williams United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
I wouldn’t change anything about myself. If you asked me 20 years ago, I probably would have had a long list. But I’ve learned to appreciate and love who I am.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 February 2021 source ↗

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