The question

Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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.

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Róisín Murphy
Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
My problem with clothes. I’ve got an issue, haven’t I? I’m not a fella in a band who can turn up in his T-shirt and jeans. I’ve got the whole drama of what I’m going to wear: the hair, the makeup. All that preening and pruning that adds to the stress. I have begun to hate that perfectionist in me.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2023 source ↗

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Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2012 source ↗
Jim Kerr Scottish singer and songwriter
I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗

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I recently had a dramatic fall on stage in Hungary. It was a massive stage – I was miles away from the audience – and I didn’t expect there to be two monitors in the middle of it. I went completely arse over tit and landed on my chin. First, I felt shock, pain, embarrassment, and then I felt lucky that I didn’t break any teeth or bite through my tongue. I asked for an ice pack for my chin, got up and finished the set.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2023 source ↗

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