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 Martha Stewart said elsewhere, not written here
I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

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Judd Apatow
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Neil Young. Not in that order.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2009 source ↗
Allison Janney
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2025 source ↗
Russell Tovey English actor
This changes every day. Presently I really admire Rebecca Warren, the artist. She continues to keep creating wonderful sculpture. And I met her and she is really cool.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2010 source ↗

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