Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Damian Lewis said elsewhere, not written here
Sohana Collins. A little girl I know who’s extremely brave.

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

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Mel Brooks
Probably me, but I don’t think I’m supposed to say that!
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2021 source ↗
Billie Piper English actress and former singer
My mother. She raised four children pretty much on her own. My father was around, but always out at work.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2011 source ↗
Dominic West English actor
Stacey Dooley. She does incredible documentaries – in one, she took spoiled British kids to the Philippines to work in a factory. It’s exactly what my kids need to watch.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 December 2018 source ↗
Shirley Hughes English illustrator and author
My sons for their bravery, and my daughter and daughters-in-law for being working mothers and always being able to make me laugh.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2012 source ↗

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