The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?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.
I try too hard not to get things wrong.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗
Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
I still say yes to too many things.
The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
The way I allow myself to talk to myself.
Any unread book a friend bought me.
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
Another actress once said to me, “I’ve told you huge lies to make you feel good about yourself.” I’m not going to say who.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
I once walked up to Harriet Walter while she was having lunch on her own because I thought I knew her, and then when I got up to the table I realised I didn’t know her, I just recognised her because she was Harriet Walter.
To believe my eyes and not my ears.
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