Tamsin Greig: 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 Tamsin Greig said elsewhere, not written here

Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗

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Lily Tomlin Comedian and actor

My partner, who’s helping me with this Proust Questionnaire.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2022 source ↗

Ted Danson American actor

My wife, who has created our life and our happiness with me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2010 source ↗

Dawn O'Porter British writer, director, and television presenter

My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗

Bozoma Saint John Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix

My daughter, Lael. She’s fearless and fun. In her eight years, she’s had traumatic events, but still gives hugs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 source ↗