For our third and final installment of Martine Sitbon’s series of Proust Questionnaire interviews, we offer you the muse of many, one of today’s most iconic faces in film and fashion – Tilda Swinton. In her shortened and personalised edit of the Proust Questionnaire, Tilda shares a brief yet poignant glimpse into her private world – her family, her sensibilities and her wicked sense of humour. Featured alongside her words is a photograph she herself has taken for Martine, featured below, and Craig McDean’s elegant portrait of Tilda. Having featured in both A#3 by Haider Ackermann and A#5 by Martine Sitbon, Tilda is somewhat of an A regular – let us hope our paths cross with hers again in the future.

Your favourite virtue: “Honesty.”

Your favourite occupation: “Going to bed.”

Principal characteristic: “Appreciativeness.”

My idea of bliss: “On top of a high hill with the sun coming and going and a good wind.”

Favourite Flower: “Sweet pea.”

Favourite word: “Dude.”

Film I would recommend to Martine: “School of Rock.”

Favourite poet: “My daughter.”

Favourite composer: “My son.”

Favourite painter: “Their father.”

Favourite motto: “It will all come out in the wash.”

Words to Martine on her return: “Yeah yeah yeah.”

Favourite sound: “Ponies chuckling to themselves when they can see you coming.”

State of mind: “Going to bed.”

Animal Martine most closely resembles: “One cool cat.”

Favourite heroes in fiction: “South Park’s Big Gay Al, Nancy Mitford’s Uncle Davy and Joe Gargary from Great Expectations.”

Words I would like to hear from St Peter at the Pearly Gates: “High Five! Great Success!”

Image enclosed for Martine: “Answers also the question of where my favourite place to live is (it was taken at home) and Martine’s symbolic women…

The quickest drawing I would send Martine is that of a sacred heart, but my computer lacks the key… in it’s absence, then: x