Daryl McCormack: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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 Daryl McCormack said elsewhere, not written here

Oversharing. I long to be intimately connected to people and sometimes, among strangers, I don’t read the room.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗

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Carrie Fisher Actor and writer

My driving skills.

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

Caroline Lucas

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 ↗

Jane Asher English actress and author

Minding not being liked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

Shonda Rhimes

My ability to make everything about me.

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

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A sense of home.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have done? Craft & work

I once had to dress up as [fast food chain] Supermac’s bunny during a St Patrick’s Day parade and shake people’s hands. Kids kept trying to take off my gloves and punching my bunny head. It was awful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗

Question Which moment embarrassed you most? Failure & regret

Missing a cue on stage. I had to come on and move a piece of furniture with another actor and I completely forgot. I looked at the monitor and said, “Why is he standing on his own?” And somebody said, “Aren’t you meant to help him?”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗