Ted Danson: 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.

Ted Danson

American actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My wife, who has created our life and our happiness with me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2010 source ↗

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Dan Aykroyd Canadian and American actor and musician

My wife, Donna – she is an explorer, adventuress and true contributor to the lives of everyone she meets.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2013 source ↗

Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984

Just look at a Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa and Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela, and you’ll see that one of the outstanding characteristics of each one of these is how they have poured themselves out prodigally on behalf of others, of their being so utterly selfless.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

George H. W. Bush 41st President of the United States, 1989–1993

Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the president of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality. He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2 June 1995 source ↗

Sadiq Khan Mayor of London since 2016