Laurie Metcalf: 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 Laurie Metcalf said elsewhere, not written here

My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗

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Cybill Shepherd American actress and former model

Jimmy Carter, for his wisdom and courage in going to meet Hamas.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

Martin Freeman English actor

It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗

Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar

You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid. Not only was he one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.

Recorded David Sheff, Playboy Interview, February 1985 source ↗

Lil Nas X American rapper