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I find it difficult to sit still.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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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
View all 239 →Being judgmental.
Catastrophising.
Michael Flatley
American step dancer
I don’t give myself that much thought.
Ina Garten
Cookery writer and shop owner
I worry that if I don’t challenge myself professionally I’ll lie on the sofa and watch old episodes of Law & Order all day.
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View profile →A really bad habit of eating sweets before I go to sleep.
After losing my mum still managing to finish drama school, because that was really difficult. I lost her in the first year.
Called me the N-word.
In order to raise money to pay for myself to go to the National Youth Theatre, I performed a medley of my drama school speeches and some songs for my entire school. Considering I can’t sing, this was terrible. I did U Remind Me by Usher and Hey There Delilah by the Plain White T’s. They paid £2 each – basically, to laugh at me.
I would really love to know my parents as an adult. I lost my dad when I was 14 and my mum when I was 20.
In 2016, the moment my agent rang me to tell me I’d got the part of Hamlet for the RSC. While I was on the phone, I looked to my left and turned to the right, and a bus whizzed by and the wing mirror was so close to me that it knocked my hat off.
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