Zoë Wanamaker: 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 Zoë Wanamaker said elsewhere, not written here

The Dalai Lama because he has peace, and we all want that.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 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 ↗

David Haye British boxer

Muhammad Ali – he made boxing the glamorous sport it is today. Last month I launched a petition to grant him an honorary knighthood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2016 source ↗

Shane MacGowan Irish singer-songwriter

Myself – why not?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 December 2021 source ↗

Getting married at Islington register office in 1994.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

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