Jerry Lewis: 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 Jerry Lewis said elsewhere, not written here

No sense of humor.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Biting my nails.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2019 source ↗

Angela Griffin British actress and television presenter

Catastrophising.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗

I don’t deplore anything about myself, but I am a perfectionist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

I’m very impatient – next question.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗

In 1926 and in the maternity room.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

No sense of humor.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

When the audience walks toward the stage.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

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