Carrie Brownstein: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Carrie Brownstein

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Willful ignorance.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗

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Bear Grylls

Caring too much about what others think.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗

Alan Arkin

Incompetent leadership.

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

Hamza Yassin

Not being honest.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

Philippa Gregory

Trolling, meanness and male violence.

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

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

That it takes a week for someone to discover my body.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Tristan Harris.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Reading a book with a dog asleep on either side of me.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 21 August 2018 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Driving solo across the country from New York to Washington State.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗

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