Antonio Banderas: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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 Antonio Banderas said elsewhere, not written here

Pedro Almodóvar, for being loyal to his personality as an artist against all the odds.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

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Laverne Cox

Leontyne Price gives me life. She broke racial barriers with inimitable poise, grace, and excellence, as well as unbelievable focus and vision.

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

Kevin Bacon

My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗

Tuppence Middleton

Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗

Richard Schiff

Martin Sheen, simply the kindest and most fun-loving person and serious activist I’ve ever known. If Jesus was alive today he’d point to Martin Sheen and say, “That’s what I was talking about.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗