Robert Evans: 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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Robert Evans

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False humility.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

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Craig Charles English actor

Selfishness and cruelty.

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

Layton Williams

Bad personal hygiene.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗

Indira Varma

People who abuse their power to subjugate others.

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

Ai Weiwei

Insensitivity. Indifference about what is right or wrong. Indifference about justice.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2018 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

At the altar all seven times.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

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

Flirting with danger.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

Being there through thin and thin. That’s friendship treasured.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 December 2013 source ↗

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

Anyone who can laugh at themselves.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

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