Willem Dafoe: 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 Willem Dafoe said elsewhere, not written here

Bob Dylan: his great gift as a poet and musician, his long, incorruptible career—and he continues to tour constantly.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Serena Williams United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022

My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2021 source ↗

Anne Robinson English television presenter and journalist

Any mother with young children who is also doing a full-time job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2010 source ↗

Sofie Gråbøl Danish actress

Jens Stoltenberg, for the way he united Norway after the massacre on Utøya in 2011.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2014 source ↗

Patrisse Khan-Cullors American artist and activist

My mother, because she is vivacious, amazing, brilliant, giving, strong and powerful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 March 2018 source ↗

A crippling accident.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

How doesn’t matter—it’s when that matters. When I’m ready!

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 June 2014 source ↗

Punctuality (outside of work, of course).

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

Discovering Rome on my scooter with my wife when we first met.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

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