Isaac Mizrahi: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? — FLAPSS

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

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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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Isaac Mizrahi

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Ricky Gervais. I’m saying that so he might read this and cast me in something.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2022 source ↗

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Steve Jones Welsh television presenter

In 2010 there are slim pickings.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2010 source ↗

Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Women in leadership positions in every field who are using their advantages to inspire younger women.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2019 source ↗

Jane Asher English actress and author

The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

Sienna Miller British actress

Liu Xiaobo, for his dignity and wisdom. If we could all have a dose of that perspective, the world would be a better place.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2012 source ↗

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

I’ve discovered that I have no happiness other than my dogs’. If they’re happy, I’m happy. That sounds like something my mother used to say about her children, which I always thought was slightly manipulative and way overstated. I was wrong.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 April 2022 source ↗

Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would care less about what people thought of me.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 April 2022 source ↗

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