Carrie Fisher: 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 Carrie Fisher said elsewhere, not written here

My driving skills.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

Others on this question

I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Ed Harris American actor and director

Asking my wife questions that don't need to be asked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗

At this time in my life, I quite like myself but, for a large portion of my life, I deplored being shy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

I’m so tempted to answer serial killer.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗

My inability to have romantic relationships.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2001 source ↗

A bad death . . . fast or slow.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

David Spade’s assistant.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗

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