Dominic Cooper: 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 Dominic Cooper said elsewhere, not written here

Clive Stafford Smith, for his incredible work with the Reprieve charity.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

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Sharon Stone

I’m astounded by the young activists, ecologists, poets, movement leaders, peaceful marchers, change makers everywhere. It’s like watching a garden bloom.

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

Shonda Rhimes

Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗

Stanley Tucci

President Zelenskyy.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2024 source ↗

Hayley Atwell British American actress

Moyra Samuels, Nicole Belfon, Yvette Williams, Judy Bolton and Tasha Brade from Justice4Grenfell, for turning grief into action.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 December 2018 source ↗