Lack of empathy.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 April 2025 source ↗
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Cruelty and not treating others as equals.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗
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Selfishness and cruelty.
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Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
The thing actually that I most dislike is cruelty. I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else, just to make themselves feel important it really gets me mad.
Recorded Barbara Walters, ABC News 20/20, broadcast 23 December 2011, 22 December 2011 source ↗
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View profile →Dying alone and in pain.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗
A beautiful meal and a glass of wine with my favorite people and lots of laughter ringing around the table.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 May 2024 source ↗
My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗
Self-doubt and a reoccurring fear that people would prefer the other Alfred Molina.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗
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