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.
Not finishing things.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2024 source ↗
Feeling and being unfocused.
Picking my nose.
Impatience. Though sometimes it helps!
My difficulty to forgive.
Losing my mind.
When I was first acting, in college, a relative came and saw me in Hedda Gabler and she said: “Look in the mirror, you’re not an actor. An actor looks like Mel Gibson.”
I was doing The Seagull with Carey Mulligan and Kristin Scott Thomas on Broadway. I walked out on stage and looked at Carey and said: “I’ve no idea what to say.” It was pretty deep into the run and it took me by surprise.
Stimulating in every way.
It would improve the quality of all of our lives if we just got rid of all unessential vehicles in New York City.
To tell the truth.
Alice Waters, Lee Child, Andrea Martin, Charlie Higson, Mark Steel, Jon Sopel
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