Timothy Hutton: 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 Timothy Hutton said elsewhere, not written here

Chuck Feeney (the James Bond of philanthropy).

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

Others on this question

Terry Wogan Irish-British radio and television broadcaster

The present Lady Wogan, for putting up with me for 46 years of marriage. The woman's a saint.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2011 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 ↗

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 ↗

King Charles III, because he’s working hard to save our planet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2024 source ↗

Making trails and building a tree house.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 March 2015 source ↗

Lack of purpose.

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

Playing catch with my son Noah at Fenway Park.

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

An arbitrary contrarian.

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

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