Shonda Rhimes: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.

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Shonda Rhimes

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

People who feed off of their misery. The whiners and complainers.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Charlotte Church Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

Weakness – not to be confused with sensitivity, which is a superpower.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗

Their goddamned fucking honesty.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2003 source ↗

Warm chocolate cake, a gorgeous fire, and Idris Elba. Also, world peace.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 October 2017 source ↗

My ability to make everything about me.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗

Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗

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