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 ↗
The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
Being too damned self-absorbed.
I dislike my impatience.
Minding not being liked.
Driven, sensitive and playful.
To keep trying to listen to yourself.
Careless cruelty.
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.
As someone with integrity.
My brother Joe, he’s nine years older than me.
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