Ralph Ineson: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Ralph Ineson said elsewhere, not written here

Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗

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Irvine Welsh Scottish novelist

Artists who do their own thing, without compromise: Ken Loach, Bob Dylan and James Kelman.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2016 source ↗

Patrick Stewart Actor

Geoffrey's widow, Alma.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2011 source ↗

Sadie Frost English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer

My mother, Mary Davidson, for having me at 16 – a child herself – and raising me with very little.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 September 2015 source ↗

Arnold Schwarzenegger

My mother-in-law, Eunice Shriver, who founded the Special Olympics, and my father-in-law, Sargent Shriver, who founded Job Corps and was the first director of the Peace Corps.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2003 source ↗

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On New Year’s day I was so hungover my hair actually hurt. I lay on the sofa with my daughter and we watched The Muppets for two hours and I cried with laughter.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗