Tina Turner: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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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.

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Tina Turner

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I don’t deplore anything about myself, but I am a perfectionist.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

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Zadie Smith Novelist and essayist

Narcissism, solipsism.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2016 source ↗

Fran Healy Scottish musician

I’m incredibly patient with a lot of stuff, but incredibly impatient with other things. I deplore the impatient side.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2024 source ↗

Su Pollard

I don’t say that I’m perfect but there’s nothing that I deplore.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗

Graydon Carter

Intermittent laziness.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

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Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

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

Being at one with yourself.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2000 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I never want to go back; I fought so much through my life, that I have to keep going forward.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like a dryer going off in your stomach.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As the Queen of Rock’n’Roll. As a woman who showed other women that it is OK to strive for success on their own terms.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

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