Impatience and temper. Enough already!
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2015 source ↗
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is your greatest fear?
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Time & hindsight
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Entitlement or a lack of manners. Though I find they often flock together.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗
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Lolita Chakrabarti
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Lack of empathy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2022 source ↗
Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker
No sense of humor.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 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 ↗
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View profile →The way I allow myself to talk to myself.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗
Having a bunch of answers and getting to fill in the questions. With loved ones. While in Maui.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 January 2017 source ↗
A sense of humor and/or the ability to use a toilet correctly.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 January 2017 source ↗
Either living up to or not living up to my potential.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗
Wherever I’m sitting, once I finish this questionnaire.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗
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