Ernest Borgnine: 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 Ernest Borgnine said elsewhere, not written here

My own doctor, Paul Rudnick.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

Carol Vorderman, because she’s stuck her head above the parapet to try to hold our bizarre politicians to account.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Elaine Paige English singer and actress

The Queen. Long may she reign.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2016 source ↗

Elisabeth Moss American actor

This is kind of cheesy, but my mum.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2012 source ↗

David Shrigley British visual artist

Peter Tatchell is a person very worthy of admiration, but few ever seem to acknowledge him as such.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2013 source ↗

Having gone through the depression of ’29, I’d hate to see the U.S. hit bottom and not come back!

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗

When: I finish a good scene. Where: looking back, in the navy.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗

Finally, a happy marriage, of now 39 years!

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2011 source ↗

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