Al Franken: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

The question

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.

Al Franken

Senator and comedian

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.

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

Others on this question

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen English interior designer and television personality

I am crucified by my modesty: it’s terrible.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Catastrophising.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

Carrie Fisher Actor and writer

My driving skills.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

I am a massive people-pleaser and it brings me nothing but trouble.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

Surrounded by my great-great-grandchildren.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2017 source ↗

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