The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
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Lack of empathy.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 April 2025 source ↗
Other people’s decorating, if I feel they’ve missed an opportunity and just decorated in that wet-cardboard, modern-grey thing. That’s a life not properly lived.
Lying, unreliability.
Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!
Dishonesty and insincerity.
I cry if one of the kids says something profound without knowing it; I cry at adverts; I cry at Strictly Come Dancing.
David Attenborough, because he introduced me to the world.
That we’re all going to hell in a handcart and Trump is driving.
I did an interview years ago and, after it finished, I made some passing comment about sex getting better as you get older – and they used that as the headline. The day the paper came out, I was in a restaurant with the family when a woman on the table next to me leaned over and said, in a sultry voice, “I read your article this morning.”
A loving father and wonderful husband, and the best actor of my generation!
Being married for 17 years and having two amazing children.
Michael Flatley, John Malkovich, Mike Skinner, Bear Grylls, Ed Harris, Antonio Banderas
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