The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Obsequiousness.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗
Catastrophising.
Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.
Catastrophising.
Standing up while eating.
On one of my first jobs, Cold Mountain, I got a wasp in my ear in front of Jude Law. He couldn’t see the wasp so just saw me freak out.
Driven, sensitive and playful.
Not playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. I am a huge Brando fan and a big Tennessee Williams fan and it’s a part I would love to have a go at. It’s possible I still could but I’m too old, really.
My brother Joe, he’s nine years older than me.
As someone with integrity.
Being accepted for who you are but also being encouraged to continue to grow.
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