Sophia Loren: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

The question

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.

Sophia Loren

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I’m a perfectionist; it’s boring.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

Pauline McLynn Irish character actress and author

I talk over people all the time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗

I can’t deal with any level of stress.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗

The boozing. I started on rum as a child.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗

Bad timekeeping.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 February 2021 source ↗

To overcook that plate of fettuccine.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

In the hospital when my children were born.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

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