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.
The Queen, because she's kept hats alive in the imagination of people all over the world.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2014 source ↗
My mum. I just got back off holiday with her and we had the most fun. She’s game for whatever.
My biggest teacher and my supporter over the years has been Jack Nicholson. I worked with him, we became very good friends and, every time I hit a low moment, I go visit Jack.
The problem with my job is that you meet people you admire and then you don’t admire them so much. The only one I carried on admiring was Nelson Mandela.
Ricky Gervais. I’m saying that so he might read this and cast me in something.
As a child growing up in Ireland, on a beautiful day playing on what was known as a cock of hay (or haystack).
My friends dying: Alexander (McQueen), Isabella (Blow), a friend of cancer last year.
Dawn O’Porter, Samuel West, Lisa Marie Presley, Nadiya Hussain, Stanley Tucci, Nick Robinson
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