Comments on: The Questionnaires of James Lipton, Bernard Pivot, and Marcel Proust http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/ Help for the listless (and the senseless) Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GopherIllustrated » Romeo Alaeff shows us his tapeworm http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-85549 GopherIllustrated » Romeo Alaeff shows us his tapeworm Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:13:32 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-85549 <p>[...] allow people to expound on the books they’ve chosen.  I’m using my own variation on the “Proust Questionnaire” that James Lipton from “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Variety” magazine use to [...]</p> [...] allow people to expound on the books they’ve chosen.  I’m using my own variation on the “Proust Questionnaire” that James Lipton from “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Variety” magazine use to [...]

]]> By: Hessel http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-83914 Hessel Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:29:44 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-83914 <p>I most appreciate both Lipton's show and Pivot's, but why is it that Pivot gives the credit to Proust when they have no questions in common? Not that I dislike Pivot giving credit to Proust, but if non of the questions are the same, then how can it be the same questionnaire?</p> I most appreciate both Lipton’s show and Pivot’s, but why is it that Pivot gives the credit to Proust when they have no questions in common? Not that I dislike Pivot giving credit to Proust, but if non of the questions are the same, then how can it be the same questionnaire?

]]> By: James Lipton’s List | Innovation is Dead http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-83402 James Lipton’s List | Innovation is Dead Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:56:37 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-83402 <p>[...] the now famous TV show Inside the Actor’s Studio. For some info on the list itself visit this website for a try out at explaining the link between Lipton’s, Pivot’s and Prout’s lists. [...]</p> [...] the now famous TV show Inside the Actor’s Studio. For some info on the list itself visit this website for a try out at explaining the link between Lipton’s, Pivot’s and Prout’s lists. [...]

]]> By: lajames http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-83031 lajames Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:27:09 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-83031 <p>[...] inspections and could hit dealerships as soon as ... Mail (will not be published) (required) ...The Questionnaires of James Lipton, Bernard Pivot, and Marcel ...Fans of Inside the Actor's Studio are familiar with James Lipton's list of questions, ... characters [...]</p> [...] inspections and could hit dealerships as soon as … Mail (will not be published) (required) …The Questionnaires of James Lipton, Bernard Pivot, and Marcel …Fans of Inside the Actor's Studio are familiar with James Lipton's list of questions, … characters [...]

]]> By: Questionnaires « The Steampunk Cottage http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-82075 Questionnaires « The Steampunk Cottage Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:50:36 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-82075 <p>[...] http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/ [...]</p> [...] http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/ [...]

]]> By: Don’t Forget Your Creativity Sources – Part 1 | Brainzooming http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-80480 Don’t Forget Your Creativity Sources – Part 1 | Brainzooming Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:40:03 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-80480 <p>[...] to Bernard Pivot using the questions on French TV prompted some background research. There’s an interesting little history to the questionnaire that highlights that great questions always have a [...]</p> [...] to Bernard Pivot using the questions on French TV prompted some background research. There’s an interesting little history to the questionnaire that highlights that great questions always have a [...]

]]> By: Thallia http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-80392 Thallia Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:37:28 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-80392 <p>It seems Lipton's questions are most appropriate to actors (the focus of his show) and Proust's are most appropriate to a wider variety of artists (again, most appropriate to whom he interviews). Pivot's drug question is "politically incorrect" for a US audience, and the banknote question has no relevance to the US since our banknotes are pretty much set already -- but his "plant or animal" question should have been added to Lipton's list. I find the four lists interesting nonetheless.</p> It seems Lipton’s questions are most appropriate to actors (the focus of his show) and Proust’s are most appropriate to a wider variety of artists (again, most appropriate to whom he interviews). Pivot’s drug question is “politically incorrect” for a US audience, and the banknote question has no relevance to the US since our banknotes are pretty much set already — but his “plant or animal” question should have been added to Lipton’s list. I find the four lists interesting nonetheless.

]]> By: DishyMix: Susan Bratton Podcasts & Blogs Famous Executives » DishyMix Questions Illuminate Greatness - My Secret Formula - Can You Add To It? http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-60635 DishyMix: Susan Bratton Podcasts & Blogs Famous Executives » DishyMix Questions Illuminate Greatness - My Secret Formula - Can You Add To It? Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:55:56 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-60635 <p>[...] I was just considering posting my list to LinkedIn Answers to see if anyone could better it with an idea I hadn’t considered when Jim replied that he liked my list better than Bernard Pivot’s. I wasn’t familiar with Bernard and found not only Bernard’s questions (he’s a French TV show interviewer) but also James Lipton’s and Marcel Proust’s at SenseList. [...]</p> [...] I was just considering posting my list to LinkedIn Answers to see if anyone could better it with an idea I hadn’t considered when Jim replied that he liked my list better than Bernard Pivot’s. I wasn’t familiar with Bernard and found not only Bernard’s questions (he’s a French TV show interviewer) but also James Lipton’s and Marcel Proust’s at SenseList. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-59985 Mike Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:25:01 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-59985 <p>Lipton was afrench pimp. he knows from which country he speaks.</p> <p>and im not joking he used to be a french pimp.</p> Lipton was afrench pimp. he knows from which country he speaks.

and im not joking he used to be a french pimp.

]]> By: Susan’s Randoms: Organizing the Voices in My Head « the 5 randoms http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-53377 Susan’s Randoms: Organizing the Voices in My Head « the 5 randoms Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:16:17 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-53377 <p>[...] 1) I interview my characters like I’m full of myself and pretentious, a la James Lipton and Marcel Proust. James Lipton is that self-important interviewer on Inside the Actor’s Studio, and asks questions like “What is your favorite curse word?” and “Upon arriving at the Pearly Gates, what would you like God to say to you?” Proust-deriven questions appear on the last page of each month’s Vanity Fair and consist of “What is your idea of earthly happiness?” and “What are your favorite heroes of fiction?” More of their questions can be found here. [...]</p> [...] 1) I interview my characters like I’m full of myself and pretentious, a la James Lipton and Marcel Proust. James Lipton is that self-important interviewer on Inside the Actor’s Studio, and asks questions like “What is your favorite curse word?” and “Upon arriving at the Pearly Gates, what would you like God to say to you?” Proust-deriven questions appear on the last page of each month’s Vanity Fair and consist of “What is your idea of earthly happiness?” and “What are your favorite heroes of fiction?” More of their questions can be found here. [...]

]]> By: Puffin’s Place » Life is Short. Read Fast. http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-50553 Puffin’s Place » Life is Short. Read Fast. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:14:51 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-50553 <p>[...] acting as a craft, James Lipton’s unexpectedly—to me—intriguing life, the genesis of the Pivot questionnaire, a sprinkling of celebrity chat, Bob Kerrey’s tenure at the New School vis a vis The Actors [...]</p> [...] acting as a craft, James Lipton’s unexpectedly—to me—intriguing life, the genesis of the Pivot questionnaire, a sprinkling of celebrity chat, Bob Kerrey’s tenure at the New School vis a vis The Actors [...]

]]> By: by special request . . . « ceci n’est pas une blog. http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-49692 by special request . . . « ceci n’est pas une blog. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:01:47 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-49692 <p>[...]  http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust... [...]</p> [...]  http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust… [...]

]]> By: B.T. Foster http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-40981 B.T. Foster Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:14:21 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-40981 <p>To address VodkaDunhill, I believe what Pat de Verre meant was that more French viewers know who James Lipton is than U.S. viewers know who Bernard Pivot is. I reside in the U.S., but have been to France, and Lipton's celebrity here does NOT rise to the level of regard Pivot enjoys in his country. Probably a better "fame" comparison would be something like PIVOT is to France as OPRAH is to America!"</p> To address VodkaDunhill, I believe what Pat de Verre meant was that more French viewers know who James Lipton is than U.S. viewers know who Bernard Pivot is. I reside in the U.S., but have been to France, and Lipton’s celebrity here does NOT rise to the level of regard Pivot enjoys in his country. Probably a better “fame” comparison would be something like PIVOT is to France as OPRAH is to America!”

]]> By: VodkaDunhill http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-28480 VodkaDunhill Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:53:40 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-28480 <p>I'd like to answer to Pat de Verre (what does it mean by the way ? Pat of Glass doesn't ring a bell...) about one sentence : It is an obviousness that James Lipton is more known in France than Bernard Pivot over the pond!</p> <p>I'm French, living in France. And I can assure you that Bernard Pivot is more known than James Lipton. And Pivot is still a celebrity. Well was. I don't know where he is today. The fact is that The Actor's Studio is on cable channels only and around midnight. So, I don't think the "who's the most famous in France" is going to change ^^. But as a french person, passionate about cinema, I can tell that I know more Lipton than Pivot.</p> <p>Sur ce, à la revoyure !</p> I’d like to answer to Pat de Verre (what does it mean by the way ? Pat of Glass doesn’t ring a bell…) about one sentence : It is an obviousness that James Lipton is more known in France than Bernard Pivot over the pond!

I’m French, living in France. And I can assure you that Bernard Pivot is more known than James Lipton. And Pivot is still a celebrity. Well was. I don’t know where he is today. The fact is that The Actor’s Studio is on cable channels only and around midnight. So, I don’t think the “who’s the most famous in France” is going to change ^^. But as a french person, passionate about cinema, I can tell that I know more Lipton than Pivot.

Sur ce, à la revoyure !

]]> By: Cutting Remarks | spectatrix http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-19071 Cutting Remarks | spectatrix Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:35:36 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-19071 <p>[...] that required making conversation would be among the professions I would not like to attempt (as James Lipton asks of his guests on Inside the Actor’s [...]</p> [...] that required making conversation would be among the professions I would not like to attempt (as James Lipton asks of his guests on Inside the Actor’s [...]

]]> By: Pat de Verre http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-18739 Pat de Verre Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:56:45 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-18739 <p>With modesty, I would like to add my salt grains. I don't agree completely with SuperFrenchie. Persons as me who have the TV by cable or satellite and which are impassioned of cinema, could appreciate during several year the broadcast "Inside the Actor' S Studio" of James Lipton. It is an obviousness that James Lipton is more known in France than Bernard Pivot over the pond! Small additional precision, the questionnaires of this kind were very in vogue during the XIX in England in hight society and the intellectuals . Marcel Proust largely took as a starting point a questionnaire found in "Year Album to Record Thoughts, Feelings, &c", which it had been able to read in his friend Antoinette Faure, daughter of Felix Faure (President of french republic from 1895 to 1899). I hope that these further informations will have interested you.</p> With modesty, I would like to add my salt grains. I don’t agree completely with SuperFrenchie. Persons as me who have the TV by cable or satellite and which are impassioned of cinema, could appreciate during several year the broadcast “Inside the Actor’ S Studio” of James Lipton. It is an obviousness that James Lipton is more known in France than Bernard Pivot over the pond! Small additional precision, the questionnaires of this kind were very in vogue during the XIX in England in hight society and the intellectuals . Marcel Proust largely took as a starting point a questionnaire found in “Year Album to Record Thoughts, Feelings, &c”, which it had been able to read in his friend Antoinette Faure, daughter of Felix Faure (President of french republic from 1895 to 1899). I hope that these further informations will have interested you.

]]> By: SuperFrenchie » The sexuality of lobsters http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 SuperFrenchie » The sexuality of lobsters Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:30:24 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/09/06/the-questionnaires-of-james-lipton-bernard-pivot-and-marcel-proust/#comment-1239 <p>[...] This statement made by James Lipton, the famous American interviewer, totally unknown in France, is an example of how Mr. Lipton became enthralled with Bernard Pivot, a famous French TV moderator, totally unheard of in America. What seemed to particularly impress Mr. Lipton was the famous questionnaire which Bernard Pivot presented to his guests at the end of each program. So impressed was Mr. Lipton with this questionnaire that he decided to use it at the end of his own programs. The French program Mr. Lipton had encountered, called “Apostrophes”, was famous in France in the 70’s and 80’s. It was a weekly literary opportunity to discuss new books covering a wide range of topics including novels, essays, sports, sciences, and philosophy. Nothing was deemed unworthy of Mr. Pivot’s attention. Aired each Friday in the second part of the evening, the program had obtained an absolute cult status in France, with an audience in the millions! Simply put, life would stand still for two hours as millions of French citizens had eagerly waited for Friday to arrive. Editors were dying to have their authors presented by Mr. Pivot because they knew their books would be instant best-sellers the very next day. It is fair to say that the impact this program had on French literary life cannot be underestimated. [...]</p> [...] This statement made by James Lipton, the famous American interviewer, totally unknown in France, is an example of how Mr. Lipton became enthralled with Bernard Pivot, a famous French TV moderator, totally unheard of in America. What seemed to particularly impress Mr. Lipton was the famous questionnaire which Bernard Pivot presented to his guests at the end of each program. So impressed was Mr. Lipton with this questionnaire that he decided to use it at the end of his own programs. The French program Mr. Lipton had encountered, called “Apostrophes”, was famous in France in the 70’s and 80’s. It was a weekly literary opportunity to discuss new books covering a wide range of topics including novels, essays, sports, sciences, and philosophy. Nothing was deemed unworthy of Mr. Pivot’s attention. Aired each Friday in the second part of the evening, the program had obtained an absolute cult status in France, with an audience in the millions! Simply put, life would stand still for two hours as millions of French citizens had eagerly waited for Friday to arrive. Editors were dying to have their authors presented by Mr. Pivot because they knew their books would be instant best-sellers the very next day. It is fair to say that the impact this program had on French literary life cannot be underestimated. [...]

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