John Mellencamp: 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 John Mellencamp said elsewhere, not written here

My quick temper and the chaos that ensues in the hurricane that follows.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Andy Serkis English actor

I am a workaholic. I love what I do, but I am aware that it can become obsessive.

Recorded Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗

Insecurity around money. I have this profound insecurity about not having enough to provide for my family.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

Absentmindedness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2017 source ↗

My Sicilian impulsiveness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2024 source ↗

It’s not our God-given right to be happy. So, if a man can laugh out loud once or twice a day, that would be happiness.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 December 2015 source ↗

I need a long and lingering death to make sure that I have time to have a deathbed conversion.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 December 2015 source ↗

Ungratefulness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2015 source ↗

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