Angela Hartnett: 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 Angela Hartnett said elsewhere, not written here

Procrastination.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

Willem Dafoe Actor

Punctuality (outside of work, of course).

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

Carrie Fisher Actor and writer

My driving skills.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

Obsequiousness.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗

John Malkovich American actor

How long do we have?

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

When I first started at The Connaught, I bought a pair of antique diamond earrings at Fred Leighton in New York.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Anything and everything. I watched the Olympics and wanted to be an 800m runner. If I watched Inspector Morse, I wanted to be a pathologist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Washing up in the Ford factory canteen in Dagenham.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Thinking about work because I’m responsible for people’s jobs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

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