Angela Hartnett: 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 Angela Hartnett said elsewhere, not written here

Procrastination.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality

Holding a grudge.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

I’m lazy domestically. I don’t do housework. My mother would have called me a slut.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗

Adam Kay British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician

Self-destruction.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗

John Mellencamp Singer and songwriter

My quick temper and the chaos that ensues in the hurricane that follows.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2015 source ↗

When I first started at The Connaught, I bought a pair of antique diamond earrings at Fred Leighton in New York.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Anything and everything. I watched the Olympics and wanted to be an 800m runner. If I watched Inspector Morse, I wanted to be a pathologist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Washing up in the Ford factory canteen in Dagenham.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Thinking about work because I’m responsible for people’s jobs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

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