Mike Wallace: 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 Mike Wallace said elsewhere, not written here

Self-absorption.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Jim Kerr Scottish singer and songwriter

I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗

Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗

Fay Ripley English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

Being judgmental.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗

Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

Overeating when stressed.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Self-absorption.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

I don’t have any left. I’ve already lost a son. I guess, maybe, that my wife would leave me, but she wouldn’t dare.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

Nineteen thirty-nine. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Station WOOD, 20 bucks a week.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

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