Seth Rogen: 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 Seth Rogen said elsewhere, not written here

My wife (Borat voice).

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2017 source ↗

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Zack Polanski

Chlöe Swarbrick who is co-leader of the New Zealand Greens. She’s demonstrating the bold leadership that I look to do every single day.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Stephen K Amos

John McCarthy, the journalist who was held captive for five years in Beirut. I’ve met him and he was so full of peace, humility and forgiveness – it was inspiring.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 September 2025 source ↗

Martha Stewart

I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Audra McDonald Singer and actor

Meghan Markle. I don’t know how she continues to walk through this world with the grace, strength, and purpose that she does given the unbearable amount of vitriol and hate she has been subjected to, but she does. I wish she didn’t have to.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗