Kevin Bacon: Which trait in yourself do you like least? — FLAPSS

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.

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Kevin Bacon

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I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗

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I’m quite stubborn.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2023 source ↗

I overthink everything.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗

Chaka Khan American singer

That I have no patience.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗

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 ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Food in a sink drain.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As someone who did what he could with what he had.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗

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

A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗

Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

They want nothing but friendship.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗

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

My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗

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