Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker
No sense of humor.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Craft & work
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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Failure & regret
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.
Impatience. Though sometimes it helps!
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2022 source ↗
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Fran Healy
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I’m incredibly patient with a lot of stuff, but incredibly impatient with other things. I deplore the impatient side.
Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.
Adam Kay
British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician
Self-destruction.
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View profile →That there is no ideal life. Disappointments sit around every corner, so enjoy the here and now.
A shoot with a showbusiness icon who I’d loved all my life and shall remain nameless. She walked into the room and immediately said she hated everything. Things went downhill from there. Rough day.
In African families, you can be one of three things: a doctor, a lawyer or a failure. I wanted to be an Egyptologist, but things worked out in the end.
When I get to the restaurant and don’t see any hot sauce on the table.
When my trousers nearly fell down at Buckingham Palace. I was there to collect my OBE, and the suspenders for the beautiful Alexander McQueen suit I’d had made for the occasion went missing. Naomi Campbell was with me and we had a good laugh about it.
Any time I’ve been racially profiled. The words might be different, but the feeling is the same.
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