Robert Glenister: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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.

Recorded Robert Glenister said elsewhere, not written here

Lack of confidence.

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

Others on this question

I’m argumentative.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗

Audra McDonald Singer and actor

If hoarding and procrastination were Olympic sports, I’d have at least 70 gold medals.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗

Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Biting my nails.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2019 source ↗

Ed Harris American actor and director

Asking my wife questions that don't need to be asked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗

Premature demise.

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

That I’m still here.

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

That I wasn’t quite as arrogant when I got successful.

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

The back end of a horse in panto in Newcastle in 1979.

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

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