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.
Patience is not my forte.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗
At this time in my life, I quite like myself but, for a large portion of my life, I deplored being shy.
The only drink I really, really like is champagne.
I’m chronically late. It’s magical thinking: I actually believe I can take a shower and get dressed in three minutes, that the train will be pulling into the station the moment I arrive….
I can’t say no. I am a people-pleaser, and it means that I burn myself out because I take on too much.
Fun, fab and fearless.
An extra day in the week when no one can contact you.
Falling flat on my face in Billy Elliot on Boxing Day when I was 14. I fell smack bang at the end of my number. I was mortified.
Dying: I’m too iconic to go.
I really hope there is a big pearly gate.
A Vivienne Westwood & Burberry two-piece suit I bought for a press night. At the time I was: “Yeah, of course I’m going to be a 30-inch waist for the rest of my life.” Now the trousers don’t fit.
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