Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Jimmy Carter, for his wisdom and courage in going to meet Hamas.
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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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.
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Alanis Morissette because, in my earlier career, she was a big influence on me and had a feistiness that you didn’t see much of in women in the industry. Also, she has been very vocal about mental health issues.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2026 source ↗
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Nicholas Hoult
English actor
Mum and Dad – they've done a pretty good job raising us kids.
Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
My sister. She is the most loving, positive and generous person I know.
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My younger self for being hard on myself.
Finally nailing being on time.
A hairdresser through the week and a star on the weekends.
I worry a lot about how to juggle being a single parent and working – scheduling keeps me up at night!
Not having the ability to say sorry when they’re wrong.
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