Diahann Carroll: 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 Diahann Carroll said elsewhere, not written here

Being judgmental.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗

Melissa Etheridge Singer, songwriter and guitarist

Deplore is a heavy word. I don’t deplore it but I constantly feel the pull of my old Midwestern ways of eating. Boy, can I put some pancakes away.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗

My interest in Los Angeles.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗

Impatience and being bossy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

Walking into a room filled with friends and family singing “Happy Birthday” to me and I am completely naked.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2014 source ↗

I have no idea what perfect happiness feels like, but I am looking forward to the experience.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2014 source ↗

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