Nicholas Hoult: 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 Nicholas Hoult said elsewhere, not written here

Mum and Dad – they've done a pretty good job raising us kids.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2010 source ↗

Others on this question

Nadiya Hussain British television chef, baker and author

My little sister Yasmin. She’s got congenital heart disease, but continues to smile regardless.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2016 source ↗

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Neil Young. Not in that order.

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

Joshua Ferris American author

Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗

David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality

My father, because he's a positive man with an enormous amount of compassion. My mother passed away four days ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2010 source ↗

Relaxing with family and friends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2010 source ↗

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