Bob Hoskins: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

The question

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.

Bob Hoskins

English actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Lack of education.

Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 17 June 2011 source ↗

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Hillary Clinton Former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee

I don't view myself as cold or ... .

Recorded Humans of New York, Humans of New York, Time, 8 September 2016 source ↗

George H. W. Bush 41st President of the United States, 1989–1993

Nobody has ever accused me of being a superior communicator. If I could have conveyed to the American people the concerns I had, and my heartbeat, a little more clearly, maybe I would not be unemployed and retired. And I might not be this happy, either. I learned a lot from Ronald Reagan about communication. Never got to be in his league in terms of it, but he could say something and the American people might not agree with the issue, but they could empathize with him.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2 June 1995 source ↗

Edward Enninful Ghanaian-born English editor and stylist