Guy Pearce: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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.

Recorded Guy Pearce said elsewhere, not written here

My fear of confrontation.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

My tendency to be avoidant.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗

Speaking negatively to myself.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 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 ↗

James Norton English actor

I have a habit of sabotaging the moment in pursuit of perfection.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗

If I’ve spent money that I shouldn’t have or treated someone badly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

I wish I could go back and not be the anxious child that I was. I spent the first 25 years of my life just trying to survive human interaction.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

I felt like I messed up my marriage. I don’t feel that way any more, but at the time I was devastated.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

A guitar – a 1959 Gibson 335.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

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