Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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.
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My parents, because they did what they did to give me the opportunities to do what I do. They left their lives behind in Australia and started again in their 40s in a new country.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
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Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
Adwoa Aboah
British fashion model
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – everything she writes speaks to me. Her Ted talk, We Should All Be Feminists, inspired everything I do with Gurls Talk.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2019 source ↗
Jess Phillips
British politician
Harriet Harman. I know how hard it is to do what she’s doing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 April 2018 source ↗
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View profile →When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world’s number one tennis player.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
Being happy. I think that transcends the results of my matches, the so-called successes or failures. How would you like to be remembered? As someone who dedicated their life to what they were doing at the time. Right now, it’s tennis, but I want to have the same dedication for whatever I do after, whether it be motherhood or another career.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
When I was a young girl in Sydney, I used to go running with my dad. I would wake him up at the crack of dawn and we had this route to the top of a golf course – we’d usually make it there for sunrise.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
Like when you get the giggles in a room full of people where you should be quiet.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
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