Florence Welch: 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 Florence Welch said elsewhere, not written here

My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Maureen O'Hara Irish and American actress and singer

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

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

Melissa McCarthy American actress

Gloria Steinem, because her whole life has been spent trying to help people.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2019 source ↗

Samuel West British actor, theatre director, and narrator

Greta Thunberg. For setting an example and fighting hatred with humour.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2020 source ↗

Hilary Swank Actor

My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2011 source ↗

Either pottering around on my own or performing, so I don’t know what kind of person that makes me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

A couple of ex-boyfriends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Perhaps a few drunken incidents – but I’ll keep the coat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

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