Rebecca Lucy Taylor: Which trait in yourself do you like least? — FLAPSS

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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.

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Rebecca Lucy Taylor

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My internalised misogyny that still manages to cloud some of my thinking.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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Julie Andrews English actress, singer and author

I interrupt too much.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2008 source ↗

Alison Steadman British actress

I repeat stories (like my mum used to).

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 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 ↗

Johannes Radebe

My default will always be to go for the worst-case scenario and that is something that I am unlearning.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Having no way of earning money.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I’d have gone solo sooner.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I would not like to know what my total massage budget is.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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

People who can’t wait to argue.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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

I’d like all my effort noticed.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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