Damian Lewis: What is the trait you most deplore in others?

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.

Recorded Damian Lewis said elsewhere, not written here

Selfishness. People who block junctions in their car.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

Dishonesty and insincerity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2021 source ↗

Certainty. I also can’t stand it when someone calls you and then says, “Wait, I need to put my headphones in.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Shakin' Stevens Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter

Bullying, whether face to face or online.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2023 source ↗

Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.

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

Party, good friends, lots of dancing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 March 2017 source ↗

Sohana Collins. A little girl I know who’s extremely brave.

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

Losing my memory.

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

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