Walton Goggins: Which trait in yourself do you like least? — FLAPSS

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.

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Walton Goggins

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Insecurity around money. I have this profound insecurity about not having enough to provide for my family.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

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Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

I cut people off a lot when I talk. It’s a terrible habit.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗

Hugh Grant Actor

I am unable to use scissors.

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

Al Franken Senator and comedian

I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2017 source ↗

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

My wife, because of the lessons we’ve learned and what we have overcome over the course of our time together.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

Last night, getting ready for a scene.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As one of a kind.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

It is obsessive, it is glorious, it is everything that we’re put on this Earth to feel, all at once.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Being absent from my son’s life when I’m at work.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

After a significant traumatic experience when I was looking for reasons to stay alive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

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