Al Franken: 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 Al Franken said elsewhere, not written here

I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Alison Steadman British actress

I repeat stories (like my mum used to).

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗

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 ↗

My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2024 source ↗

Courtney Pine British jazz musician

I am not studious enough. I get easily distracted.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗

Surrounded by my great-great-grandchildren.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2017 source ↗

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