The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
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Mistaking shyness for not having anything to say.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗
Dishonesty. It destroys relationships. It’s something celebrities especially have to guard against because people are prone to tell you what they think you want to hear rather than the truth.
Comparing themselves to other people.
Not having the ability to say sorry when they’re wrong.
Arrogance, bullying, meanness – just try to be kind, it’s not difficult.
I would try and get to being comfortable with myself quicker.
I spent about five years living in Paris thinking I would become Kristin Scott Thomas, and it didn’t happen.
My partner was doing a play in Hong Kong last year and I went to visit him, and I bought him a beautiful teacup. But I didn’t look at the price tag before I took it to the till and it was £100, the most expensive teacup imaginable.
I think we go back into the earth.
Ponderous, over thinking.
Someone said that I had a laugh like Jimmy Carr.
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