I revisit this little questionaire a couple of times a year - usually on my birthday and then at the close/beginning of the year. It's fun to go back and see which answers have changed and which have remained the same. These are taken from Inside the Actor’s Studio with James Lipton, which he poses to each of his guests at the end of an interview. Lipton always gives credit for this list to French talk show host Bernard Pivot, who hosted Apostrophes from 1975–1990 and Bouillon de Culture from 1990–2001; he often mentions that the list originally came from French novelist Marcel Proust (1871–1922). Proust did not actually create the questionnaire that frequently has his name attached, though he did famously answer two versions of it (once at age 13, and a second time at age 20), and thereby gave the lists a certain notoriety. Their original author is unknown.
But anyway, below are the questions - and my answers. I've included the Mr. Linky thing at the bottom so that everyone can participate and share their own answers. Should be an entertaining start to the new year and the new decade.
The questions are:
1. What is your favorite word?
2. What is your least favorite word?
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
4. What turns you off?
5. What is your favorite curse word?
6. What sound or noise do you love?
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
9. What profession would you not like to do?
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
And my answers:
1. What is your favorite word?
Dance
2. What is your least favorite word?
NO
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Possibilities; New Horizons
4. What turns you off?
Fear and doubt
5. What is your favorite curse word?
FUCK (yeah, shocking, I know)
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Laughter and music - There's nothing better!
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
Silverware clinking together - worse than nails on a chalkboard
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Mortician
9. What profession would you not like to do?
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
How was the flight?
What are yours?
