Shonda Rhimes: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.

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

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Hilary Swank Actor

My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2011 source ↗

Marianne Faithfull English singer and actress

Right now, PJ Harvey.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2011 source ↗

Archie Panjabi British actress

Mathew Varghese, an orthopaedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward in Delhi. He provides reconstructive surgery to help survivors walk.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗

Timothy Hutton

Chuck Feeney (the James Bond of philanthropy).

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2015 source ↗

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People who feed off of their misery. The whiners and complainers.

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My ability to make everything about me.

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Warm chocolate cake, a gorgeous fire, and Idris Elba. Also, world peace.

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