Katie Melua: 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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Katie Melua

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I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

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Erin O'Connor English model

I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗

Eugene Levy Actor and writer

The inability to laugh before 11 a.m.

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

Jane Asher English actress and author

Minding not being liked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

Fran Healy Scottish musician

I’m incredibly patient with a lot of stuff, but incredibly impatient with other things. I deplore the impatient side.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2024 source ↗

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

Forty-eight hours after giving birth, I sent a picture that someone had sent me of their baby to a WhatsApp group, thinking it was my son (they kind of looked similar). Mortifying.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Living a fairytale.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Knowing everyone I love is always going to be healthy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

I almost cried last night because of the lack of sleep.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

“Your lyrics are rubbish.” It was someone I was working with when I was in my early 20s. It turned out well because I then spent a long time studying and learning how to write good lyrics.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

My grandma, who died a few years ago, because I wasn’t able to see her on my last visit to Georgia.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

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