Sophia Loren: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

The question

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.

Sophia Loren

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I’m a perfectionist; it’s boring.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

Sally Field Actor

Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.

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

Sitting on the fence – I will do anything to avoid confrontation.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Appearing angry when I’m not angry.

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

When I “poll the audience” and my need to please others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗

A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 February 2021 source ↗

To overcook that plate of fettuccine.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

In the hospital when my children were born.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

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