Alan Arkin: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

The question

Originally asked

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Alan Arkin

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Incompetent leadership.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

False humility.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

I can’t bear people who lie.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2024 source ↗

Trolling, meanness and male violence.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗

Trying to exercise authority over one.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗

Contentment with what I have.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2013 source ↗

Dying with a feeling of incompleteness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2013 source ↗

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