Joseph Fiennes: 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 Joseph Fiennes said elsewhere, not written here

Aung San Suu Kyi: an extraordinary humanitarian fighting for democracy in a Burmese dictatorship.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

Others on this question

My mom, for her unflappable ability to be sanguine (though she sometimes dips into Pollyanna territory).

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2021 source ↗

Angus Deayton English actor, comedian, presenter and writer

Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2016 source ↗

My uncle, Edward Wood Dunham. He has Parkinson’s disease and faces every day with bravery, humor, and a gin-and-tonic.

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

Mark Gatiss British actor and writer

Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗