Walton Goggins: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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.

Walton Goggins

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My wife, because of the lessons we’ve learned and what we have overcome over the course of our time together.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

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Brooke Shields

Gloria Steinem.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2025 source ↗

Caroline Lucas

Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Brian Cox Scottish actor

My friend Billy Connolly, for his incredible sense of humour and wit. But greater than that is Billy’s courage and sheer chutzpah, to take his Parkinson’s and make it central to his brilliance as a performer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2016 source ↗

Sinéad O'Connor Irish singer and songwriter

Muhammad Ali. I never liked him boxing; offstage, he was an archangel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗