Little Richard: 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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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Selfishness—people who don’t care about others or their feelings and will do or say anything as long as they get what they want.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗

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Whoopi Goldberg

When a person is judgmental without realizing that they are the thing they detest in others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

Arnold Schwarzenegger

People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2003 source ↗

Craig Charles English actor

Selfishness and cruelty.

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

David Hockney Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer

That they don’t give way quickly.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2013 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I don’t want to be lost and burn in hell.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗

Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

To be taller. I’ve been looking up at certain people all my life. If I was taller, I could look down and see them a lot better.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

Unselfishness. I like to surround myself with people who are kind and have feelings for others and their problems.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

In Macon, Georgia, during my childhood. I knew everybody there—it was like the whole town was your family. I felt complete there.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Being at peace with God.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

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