The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
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Cruelty and not treating others as equals.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗
Amid so much blatant cruelty in our political situation, such shocking indifference to the lives & welfare of those living at the margins of an affluent society, I think it must be this institutionalized cruelty, & the hypocrisy that surrounds it. “Making America great again”—for whom? Wealthy white people? The word “deplore” is particularly relevant here.
To place faith over facts.
Intolerance, which is never far from stupidity.
Lying on the sofa watching old episodes of Law & Order all day.
Self-doubt and a reoccurring fear that people would prefer the other Alfred Molina.
Dying alone and in pain.
My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.
A beautiful meal and a glass of wine with my favorite people and lots of laughter ringing around the table.
John Waters, Toni Collette, Little Richard, Lolita Chakrabarti, Eleanor Tomlinson, Hugh Grant
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