Don Rickles: 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 Don Rickles said elsewhere, not written here

Well, Frank Sinatra’s gone, so the rest have to stand in line.

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

Others on this question

Jason Byrne Irish comedian

My mother, because she raised all of us. I do have a dad, but in those days dads never helped with the kids.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2012 source ↗

Sally Phillips British actress

I'm flighty. Yesterday, Peter Tatchell. Today, Jennifer Saunders.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2012 source ↗

Jonnie Peacock British athlete

David Beckham. He was my idol growing up and I met him in 2000, just before the England game against Romania.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗

Marianne Faithfull English singer and actress

Right now, PJ Harvey.

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

My greatest fear is going out onstage and having the audience just stare at me.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

Trying too hard to be funny.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

Having no patience.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

Perfect happiness is having a wife who loves you and doesn’t ask for too much jewelry.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2003 source ↗

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