Lack of self-criticism.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2014 source ↗
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When people are disingenuous.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
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View all 196 →Lying, unreliability.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2022 source ↗
Douglas Stuart
Scottish fashion designer and novelist
People who can’t hear other points of view. Absolute certainty always scares me a little.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗
More from Maya Jama
View profile →Probably missing out on roles I really, really wanted, but I’m a big believer that if it’s for you, you’ll have it. So those clearly weren’t for me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
I did work in retail while I was getting into presenting and the hours were long and you were always on your feet. It was good vibes, though.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
I can be properly stubborn sometimes – but that’s me being a classic Leo.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
As someone who loved her family and friends, worked hard, got successful and had a lovely time in the process.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
You’ve got to keep trying because you don’t know what amazing things are round the corner. Also, always be grateful – at one point you wished to be where you are today.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
That I wouldn’t be successful. Joke’s on them, I guess.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
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