Tina Turner: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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Tina Turner

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Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

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Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist

People who can’t hear other points of view. Absolute certainty always scares me a little.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗

Craig Charles English actor

Selfishness and cruelty.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗

Shobna Gulati

Ignorance and unwillingness to learn.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗

Lena Dunham

Casual cruelty; the wearing of essential oils.

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

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Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I don’t deplore anything about myself, but I am a perfectionist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like a dryer going off in your stomach.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As the Queen of Rock’n’Roll. As a woman who showed other women that it is OK to strive for success on their own terms.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Being at one with yourself.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2000 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I never want to go back; I fought so much through my life, that I have to keep going forward.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

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