I repeat stories (like my mum used to).
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 239 →Catastrophising.
Robert De Niro
Actor
I’m certainly not going to tell it here.
Procrastination ... getting overwhelmed ... getting stuck.
Bad timekeeping.
More from Alison Steadman
View profile →When my son was born and I realised I was a mum.
Playing a pregnant woman, and not being able to find the padding - I shoved a cardie under my dress, and spent the whole play walking around with a sleeve dragging along the floor.
I didn't go to a retirement party once for someone who had been special to me and he died shortly after.
Earning a living as an actor for 40 years.
The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana.
Lack of understanding and tolerance.
More on identity & self
- What do you fear most? 256 answers
- As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? 197 answers
- What most recently moved you to tears? 192 answers
- What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? 158 answers
- How would you sum yourself up in three words? 114 answers
- What fills you with the most pride? 103 answers
Also answered this
Pauline McLynn, Julie Andrews, Romesh Ranganathan, Jack Whitehall, Cybill Shepherd, Matthew Modine
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject