Alfred Molina: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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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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Alfred Molina

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Self-doubt and a reoccurring fear that people would prefer the other Alfred Molina.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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Donatella Versace

My personality.

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

Rosalind Eleazar

Oversharing my personal life, but here we are, oversharing!

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Christian Louboutin

I never let it go.

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

Rita Moreno Actor, singer and dancer

Short-term memory.

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

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Question What is your idea of perfect happiness? Identity & self

A beautiful meal and a glass of wine with my favorite people and lots of laughter ringing around the table.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 May 2024 source ↗

Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self

Dying alone and in pain.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight

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.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

Question What is the trait you most deplore in others? Values & belief

Cruelty and not treating others as equals.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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