Kevin Bacon: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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.

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

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗

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Andrew O’Hagan

Making people smaller than they are because of something they can’t handle in themselves.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗

Dawn O’Porter

When they ruin my story because they think theirs is better, so butt in before I’ve finished mine.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗

Hamza Yassin

Not being honest.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

Hans Zimmer Film composer

To place faith over facts.

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

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Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗