Diahann Carroll: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

The question

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Diahann Carroll

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Being judgmental.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Michael Flatley American step dancer

I don’t give myself that much thought.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗

Johnny Flynn British actor and musician

Control freakery in the kitchen.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗

Robert Glenister English actor

Lack of confidence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

I’m terribly impatient.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2025 source ↗

Walking into a room filled with friends and family singing “Happy Birthday” to me and I am completely naked.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2014 source ↗

I have no idea what perfect happiness feels like, but I am looking forward to the experience.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2014 source ↗

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