Every month at the back of Vanity Fair, there's a Proust Questionnaire featuring a different celebrity. The Questionnaire itself dates from about 1890 when Marcel Proust (most likely with tongue firmly in cheek) filled out the "Album to Record Thoughts, Feelings, etc." in the back of a friend's confession album which was like a cross between an autograph book and a diary. The original of these signed by the novelist himself was discovered in 1924. It was adapted first by Bernard Pivot then James Lipton for television interviews. Vanity Fair has been running it for 18 years on its last page featuring over 100 celebrities. They also offer an online questionnaire where they will compare your answers to their celebrity database. Take a quick look at some of the questions and give it a try.
The principal aspect of your personality.
Your favorite qualities in a man.
Your favorite qualities in a woman.
What you appreciate the most in your friends.
Your main fault.
Your greatest accomplishment.
Your idea of happiness.
Your idea of misery.
Your heroes in real life.
Historical figures that you despise the most.
The natural talent you'd like to be gifted with.
How you want to die.
What is your present state of mind.
Your motto.
I share over 95% of my answers with Martin Scorcese. Hmmmm.
1 comment:
I'm 98% Arnold Schwartzenegger, 84% Maureen Dowd.
nwb
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