Every actor has the same fear – ie, you’re never going to work again.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Losing my marbles.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 256 →I don’t have a great fear of anything. I look at things with positive eyes.
Not being loved.
Drowning. The feeling of not being able to take a breath. I’m sure my therapist would have something to say about the deep psychological reasons for it.
More from Craig Charles
View profile →Selfishness and cruelty.
Cowardice. There are so many issues that I would like to express opinions about but I’m too scared to stick my head above the parapet because of the social media pile-on.
I was born in 1964, in the most working-class area of Liverpool, so the N-word was bandied around a lot.
Love makes me feel sick. I get sick with worry about my kids. It keeps me up at night.
To my parents for all the mess-ups. There have been times when I’ve been going through something and I’ve thought, God, I’m so glad my mum and dad are dead, because they don’t have to go through it with me.
The Fake Sheikh did a sting on me once and the News of the World headline was “Craig Charles is an evil drug-pushing monster”. That wasn’t good on the school run, I’ll tell you that.
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