John Lithgow: 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 Lithgow said elsewhere, not written here

Conflict aversion.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

Jerry Lewis American comedian, actor and filmmaker

No sense of humor.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

I dislike my impatience.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Too controlling about silly things like timings or not having toxic cleaning products in the house.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗

I can be a people-pleaser, to the detriment of my own needs sometimes.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗

Creating something and feeling proud of it.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 October 2024 source ↗

Three versions of the same trait: deceit, hypocrisy, and manipulativeness.

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

Probably the curtain call of my final performance when I played King Lear.

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

Climate change, duh.

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

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