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

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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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Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot for advocating that girls be educated.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗

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Charles Collingwood

Freddie Flintoff. He played cricket in the best spirit and in his series Field of Dreams, you could see the boys hanging on his every word. He’s a special guy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗

Ethan Hawke Actor, director and novelist

Mike Leigh: his work is important.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗

Stephen Graham English actor

My wife, Hannah. She’s amazing and keeps me in check. I met her 24 years ago at drama school.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 April 2018 source ↗

Cecile Richards

United Farm Workers organizer Dolores Huerta.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2018 source ↗

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At sunset or under the stars on the dock of our lake house just being with my family and pals.

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My competitive side, the one that keeps score.

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

That we will have waited too long to save the earth from environmental catastrophe.

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Pettiness, arrogance, boorishness.

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Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

That they can pick up where we left off.

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