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.
I don’t say that I’m perfect but there’s nothing that I deplore.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗
The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
I’m quite stubborn.
An “elastic” sense of time (fancy way of saying I am late a lot).
Well, I’m always right.
People who aren’t kind enough.
Dying too young, and spiders.
We drift off to a beautiful place where we live a better, fuller life than what we’ve left.
Stay out of other people’s business.
Getting my full Equity card as a professional performer.
For bringing positivity to people.
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