Carrie Fisher: 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 Carrie Fisher said elsewhere, not written here

My driving skills.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

Others on this question

Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.

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

Adam Lambert American singer

I have very poor time management. I am often running late, I procrastinate a lot.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2023 source ↗

Sharon Corr Musical artist

Procrastination.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗

Not getting to the point.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗

My inability to have romantic relationships.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2001 source ↗

David Spade’s assistant.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

A bad death . . . fast or slow.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

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