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Me too.

Thank you so much for having you.

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My little cultural pot, my little cultural anthology,

which is how I loftily like to think about it.

I love that.

Hello, I'm Minnie Driver.

I've always loved Proust's questionnaire.

It was originally an 19th century parlor game,

where players would ask each other 35 questions aimed at revealing the other player's true nature.

In asking different people the same set of questions, you can make observations about which truths appear to be universal. And it made me wonder, what if these questions were just the jumping-off point?

What greater depths would be revealed if I asked these questions as conversation starters?

So I adapted Proust questionnaireer and I wrote my own

seven questions that I personally think are pertinent to a person's story. They are, when and where

were you happiest? What is the quality you like least about yourself? What relationship real or

fictionalized defines love for you? What question would you most like answered? What person,

place or experience has shaped you the most? What would be your last meal? And can you tell me something

in your life that's grown out of a personal disaster? And I've gathered a group of really

remarkable people, ones that I am hon honored and humbled to have had the chance

to engage with. You may not hear their answers to all seven of these questions. We've whittled it down

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