Ralph Ineson: 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 Ralph Ineson said elsewhere, not written here

Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗

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Olivia de Havilland Film actress; twice winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress

Nelson Mandela.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2005 source ↗

Philip Treacy Irish-born haute couture milliner

The Queen, because she's kept hats alive in the imagination of people all over the world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2014 source ↗

Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

I think that Jay Powell in when, when the epidemic broke out, I think he acted in March of 2020 and I think if he'd waited two or three weeks, it would have been a disaster. Once the dominoes start toppling, they just start toppling and, and, and, and that line is shorter than anybody thinks, and it topples faster. And I think he did exactly the right thing, and he, he did it even stronger than Volker did. You know, I mean, he, he and Volker are my heroes at the Fed.

Recorded Becky Quick, CNBC “Squawk Box”, recorded in Omaha; CNBC's own transcript of its own broadcast, 31 March 2026 source ↗

Lisa Marie Presley American singer-songwriter

Anyone who lives outside the box.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2012 source ↗