Mariska Hargitay: 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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Mariska Hargitay

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The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

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Christian Louboutin

Intolerance, which is never far from stupidity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2021 source ↗

Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

Vindictiveness and spite.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Jason Donovan

Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗

Rory Stewart

Carelessness of truth and others.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2026 source ↗

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My family. Together in a room with a sax, a piano, and a Ping-Pong table.

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Sharks. The ones in the ocean.

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When our family was complete.

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People who do hard, honorable work in obscurity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

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