The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Mistaking shyness for not having anything to say.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗
Gossip and backstabbing.
Dishonesty and insincerity.
Not having the ability to say sorry when they’re wrong.
Guys who use the word “snot.”
You can only do one thing at a time.
I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
I spent about five years living in Paris thinking I would become Kristin Scott Thomas, and it didn’t happen.
I think we go back into the earth.
I would try and get to being comfortable with myself quicker.
Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
Sarah Hadland, George Takei, Hamza Yassin, DJ Khaled, Bryn Terfel, Stephen K Amos
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