Jamie Lee Curtis: 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 Jamie Lee Curtis said elsewhere, not written here

Greta Thunberg.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2022 source ↗

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Renée Zellweger

Jimmy Carter. Michelle Obama. Barack Obama. Geoffrey Canada. Tank Man. Marian Wright Edelman. Madeleine Albright. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Norman Lear. Malala Yousafzai. Beyoncé Knowles.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2017 source ↗

Danielle Steel Novelist

My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2012 source ↗

Ian McEwan British novelist and screenwriter

Angela Merkel. Under attack from all sides, she tries to keep alive the dreams of a tolerant, inclusive, open society.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 August 2018 source ↗

Jim Kerr Scottish singer and songwriter

A friend named Paul Hill [one of the Guildford Four] spent 15 years in prison doing time for crimes he did not commit. We communicate most days. I admire the hell out of him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗