Damian Lewis: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

The question

What trait do you most dislike in other people?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Damian Lewis

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Selfishness. People who block junctions in their car.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 193 →

David Chang

Unwillingness to change.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Mel Brooks

Never picking up the check.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2021 source ↗

Mike Skinner English rapper

People who judge other people's actions on their own thought process.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗

Rafael Nadal Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024

Selfishness and no respect for the others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2010 source ↗

More from Damian Lewis

View profile →

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

Party, good friends, lots of dancing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 March 2017 source ↗

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

Sohana Collins. A little girl I know who’s extremely brave.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Losing my memory.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

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

Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Also answered this

Robert De Niro, Andrea Bocelli, Henry Winkler, Indira Varma, David Chang, Craig Charles

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

All values & belief questions
The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject

Report this answer

Others on this question

More from Damian Lewis

More on values & belief

Also answered this

Explore further