Father John Misty: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Father John Misty said elsewhere, not written here

I bore myself constantly.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

Self-criticism.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2014 source ↗

I’m not into self-deploring.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2019 source ↗

I’m slightly impatient.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 September 2025 source ↗

Gayle King Broadcaster

I’m disorganized.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 source ↗

Grace Zabriskie – her style; her woodworking.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

A mutant turtle ninja.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Getting thrown down a well.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Whenever it was, it’s likely I was actually miserable, destitute and alone.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

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