Robert Glenister: 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 Robert Glenister said elsewhere, not written here

Lack of confidence.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

My inferiority complex.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗

Sally Field Actor

Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2016 source ↗

Joseph Fiennes English actor

Picking my nose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

When I’m feeling lazy and I sleep in too much.

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

The back end of a horse in panto in Newcastle in 1979.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

That I’m still here.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

Premature demise.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

That I wasn’t quite as arrogant when I got successful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

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