I am a bit of a procrastinator.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗
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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.
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Impatience. The inability to ever finish a knitting project.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗
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View all 242 →Having no patience.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗
I’m not into self-deploring.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2019 source ↗
Joseph Fiennes
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Picking my nose.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗
More from Laurie Metcalf
View profile →Pizza and wine after performing for a great Saturday-night crowd on Broadway.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 21 February 2018 source ↗
Anything underneath me in water I can’t see to the bottom of.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗
Ingratitude. Taking advantage of others.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗
Their ability to make me laugh from the gut.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 21 February 2018 source ↗
My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗
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