David Chang: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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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.

David Chang

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My intense self-loathing.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

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Stephanie Beacham

Well, I’m always right.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗

Adrian Dunbar Irish actor

Being a bit mean now and again, too impetuous, snappy, bit of a temper.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗

John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

My tendency to skip meals.

Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗

Rita Moreno Actor, singer and dancer

Short-term memory.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Figuratively doing nothing.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Unwillingness to change.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Good TV, good delivery, perfect AC. Literally doing nothing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 September 2019 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

My wife, Grace.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

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