Daniel Radcliffe: 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 Daniel Radcliffe said elsewhere, not written here

My ability to invariably say exactly the wrong thing in any given situation.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Appearing angry when I’m not angry.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen English interior designer and television personality

I am crucified by my modesty: it’s terrible.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Joseph Fiennes English actor

Picking my nose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

I lose bank cards, I’m untidy, I get bored very quickly.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

I like all my friends for different reasons, so it’s hard to pick one quality I value most highly overall.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

It’s hard to pick one time. I feel like I’m quite a happy person. My ninth birthday was epic, though.

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

Eating breakfast foods at a time of the day other than breakfast. Pancakes for dinner—I’m happy.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗

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