Vicky McClure: 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 Vicky McClure said elsewhere, not written here

Paul Irons, the deputy head at my school, Fernwood comprehensive. He was an inspiration, and still is.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 March 2018 source ↗

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Ethan Hawke Actor, director and novelist

Mike Leigh: his work is important.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗

Brett Anderson English singer

My wife. She is the most beautiful person I know in every way and has an endless energy for other people that a vinegary old misanthrope like myself can only marvel at.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2011 source ↗

Fran Lebowitz American author and public speaker

At the moment, Ukraine’s president.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2022 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 ↗