Michelle Collins: What trait do you most dislike in other people? — FLAPSS

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What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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Michelle Collins

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Bullying, flakiness, rudeness, lack of humility, being patronising and ungenerous.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

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Selfishness and no respect for the others.

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Manipulative greed and hate.

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Complacent stupidity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Bonnie Raitt Singer and guitarist

Arrogance and entitlement.

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

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Question What worries you about getting older? Time & hindsight

Losing my memory and not being able to work.

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would have been better with money.

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not getting into drama school when I was 17. In those days, the first thing people said was, “Where did you train?”

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Being murdered – I listen to too many true-crime podcasts.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

That I am still creative.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Can I have more than three? Creative, kind, a grafter, engaging, loyal, fun and generous.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

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