Jim Broadbent: 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 Jim Broadbent said elsewhere, not written here

The Obamas are impressive.

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

Others on this question

Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗

Florence Welch British singer

My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Ben Kingsley English actor

My wife, Daniela. She is the bringer of joy and clarity, and she is very beautiful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 November 2013 source ↗

Maxine Peake British actress

My grandad for having the courage always to be himself.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2011 source ↗

It happens all the time, but childhood holidays on the North Norfolk coast were a kind of bliss.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2018 source ↗

Their humor and that they are smarter than I, but not by too much.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 January 2018 source ↗

Weeping with laughter.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 January 2018 source ↗

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