When I’m self-involved or insensitive to others.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?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.
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David Hockney
Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer
That I give way too quickly.
I’m argumentative.
Adrian Dunbar
Irish actor
Being a bit mean now and again, too impetuous, snappy, bit of a temper.
Robert Glenister
English actor
Lack of confidence.
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That injustice, ignorance, and fascism win.
As a kid, my summers at camp in the Adirondacks. And as an adult, when I’m onstage.
Being out in a gorgeous natural setting with time to enjoy.
Arrogance and entitlement.
In my sleep in my 90s, after a great gig.
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