Phoebe Dynevor: Which trait in yourself do you like least? — FLAPSS

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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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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.

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Phoebe Dynevor

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I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

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Donatella Versace

My personality.

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

Eugene Levy Actor and writer

The inability to laugh before 11 a.m.

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

Self-criticism.

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

Willem Dafoe Actor

Punctuality (outside of work, of course).

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

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

My mum [the actor, Sally Dynevor] in so many ways. She is the real definition of a superwoman to me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

My housemate, because I keep shrinking his jumpers in the wash.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

The last time I really sobbed was watching Daniel Radcliffe’s documentary about his stuntman on the Harry Potter movies [David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived].

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Every time I go on a plane I feel awful about it. So for me, and everyone in the world, being able to board an electric plane would be really cool.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in Shoreditch, London.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

When I was 17, my friends and I threw a fashion show for a breast cancer charity. Breast cancer is something my mum went through when I was 14, so prevention is very close to my heart. Our singer, who was performing during the fashion show, dropped out at the last minute so I had to step in. It’s on video, and my sister always brings it up.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

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