Mike Skinner
English rapper
Bill Drummond, Thomas Bangalter and Jay-Z.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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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.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗
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Lily Tomlin
Comedian and actor
My partner, who’s helping me with this Proust Questionnaire.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2022 source ↗
I most admire Steve Sondheim, who is not alive anymore. But his words and music keep him alive.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2025 source ↗
Bruno Tonioli
Italian choreographer
Oprah Winfrey. Considering the cards she was dealt at birth, what she has achieved is quite something.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗
I’d take back some dumb shit I said when I had no audience and found that being shocking made people laugh.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗
Maybe when my wife Sarah and I were walking back to our hotel in Covent Garden, London, through the snow after the Olivier awards when Matilda won all the stuff. Hold on, I’m meant to say the birth of my children, aren’t I?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗
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