Proust Questionnaire: Val's answers

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On Mon, 14 May 18 19:37:48 UTC Val (33) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: failure or striking out
Where would you like to live?: Ireland, amongst the spiritually and intellectually conscious
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: success and acknowledgement
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: laziness and procrastination
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: William Wallace from Braveheart and Spok from Star Trek
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Laurence Olivier, William Shakespeare, The Buddha
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My mother
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Your favorite painter?: Salvador Dali
Your favorite musician?: Bob Dylan and Tom Waits
The quality you most admire in a man?: confidence
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence
Your favorite virtue?: Politeness and professionalism
Your favorite occupation?: Acting for stage and film
Who would you have liked to be?: A Movie Star
Your most marked characteristic?: An inclination towards anxiety, impatience and constant self-questioning
What do you most value in your friends?: Intelligent conversation with soulful depth
What is your principle defect?: Self-doubt
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To struggle away at a job that I despise and to not have the career that I have always dreamed of ...
What would you like to be?: A remarkable talent that people constantly seek out
What is your favorite color?: Red . . . People always remember red
What is your favorite flower?: Roses . . . Without the thorns, but those kind of roses probably don't exist
What is your favorite bird?: The Eagle . . . Beautiful and calculated, Independent
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Chuck Palahniuk and Dashiell Hammett. hardcore and cinematic
Who are your favorite poets?: Dylan Thomas and Emily Dickinson
Who are your heroes in real life?: Robert Elliot, acting mentor and wise friend
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Mother Theresa
What are your favorite names?: Jack and Juliet
What is it you most dislike?: Laziness and dishonesty
What historical figures do you most despise?: Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: America Revolutionary War and the American Civil War
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Charm and Sex Appeal
How would you like to die?: On stage surrounded by people who love me
What is your present state of mind?: Anxious and hungry
What is your motto?: Never Give Up

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