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I interrupt too much.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2008 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.
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Others on this question
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Kathy Lette
Australian-British author
I can’t cook. I use my smoke alarm as a timer.
My inferiority complex.
Zadie Smith
Novelist and essayist
Narcissism, solipsism.
More from Julie Andrews
View profile →Something triumphant, I couldn’t tell you what but something vibrant and joyous.
A cure for arthritis.
As you go through life, you discover so many forms of love – passionate, compassionate, familial, friendship. Love is hard to describe but it’s wonderful.
Working on my memoir because some memories were painful to revisit.
Losing my singing voice. I had to have an operation and unfortunately it was not successful. I’ve not been able to sing since.
I think I over-apologise as it is.
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