Robert Evans: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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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.

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Robert Evans

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Flirting with danger.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

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Joseph Fiennes English actor

Picking my nose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Lack of confidence masquerading as perfectionism.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗

Don Rickles

Having no patience.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

Philippa Gregory

I’m lazy domestically. I don’t do housework. My mother would have called me a slut.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗

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

Being there through thin and thin. That’s friendship treasured.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 December 2013 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Anyone who can laugh at themselves.

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

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

At the altar all seven times.

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

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

False humility.

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

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