Tom Ford Answers the Proust Questionnaire – Vanity Fair

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Life with no Instagram and no selfies. I am so tired of looking at people staring out of the window of a private plane with a small dog in their laps.What is your greatest fear? Couples who have to be sat side by side at L.A. dinner parties. What is that all about?!Which living person do you most admire? Gloria Steinem.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Perfectionism.What is the trait you most deplore in others? Narcissism.What is your greatest extravagance? Sleep and doughnuts.What is your favorite journey? The one to my bed every night.What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Political correctness.On what occasion do you lie? It is hard to get through a large cocktail party without lying dozens of times. You look amazing! Oh, my God, its so great to see you!We need to see each other more!when really I am dying to get home and watch Netflix.What do you dislike most about your appearance? The fact that my butt seems to be sliding down my thighs.Which living person do you most despise? Well, we all know who, but I dont want to give him any more airtime.What is your greatest regret? That I never slept with Cary Grant.What or who is the greatest love of your life? Our son, Jack.When and where are you happiest? Staring at our son every night when he is sleeping.Which talent would you most like to have? The ability to relax.What is your current state of mind? Cluttered.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My terrible temper.What do you consider your greatest achievement? Being a good parent, or at least trying to be.If you were to die and come back as a person or thing and could choose what to come back as, what would it be? The Barcelona Pavilion.What is your most treasured possession? My ability to simply say Fuck it.What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Have you ever taken a mirror and bent over and looked at what happens to your face? If you are over 35, it is not pretty. Ive definitely entered the age of only lying on my back when in intimate situations.What is your favorite occupation? Making films.What is your most marked characteristic? Loyalty.What do you most value in your friends? A sense of humor.Who are your heroes in life? Doctors.What are your favorite names? Classic ones. Names have become so absurd. Especially in L.A. If I meet one more person named after a tree, a fruit, or an obscure spice, Im going to lose it.What is it that you most dislike? People who cancel dates at the last minute. L.A. seems to be filled with these people.How would you like to die? Alone.What is your motto? Listen to everyone and then do what you want. Actually, Ive lifted that quote from Diane von Furstenberg, but its genius. I live by it.

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Tom Ford Answers the Proust Questionnaire - Vanity Fair