Maureen O'Hara: 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 Maureen O'Hara said elsewhere, not written here

I’d rather name one for someone else. I’m egomaniacal.

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

Others on this question

I can be a people-pleaser, to the detriment of my own needs sometimes.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗

I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗

Self-loathing that rises to the level of deploring.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗

Forgetting. Or, worse yet, not recognizing who my real friends are.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2010 source ↗

My grandson, for taking such wonderful care of me in my old age.

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

Not getting into heaven.

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

Living in the Caribbean during the 60s and 70s with such lovely people.

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

Search the directory for somebody in particular.