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

The question

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.

Tamsin Greig

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗

Mentioned in this answer

Daniel Clowes American cartoonist and writer

It's a fool's errand to waste time admiring anybody.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2012 source ↗

Lisa Marie Presley American singer-songwriter

Anyone who lives outside the box.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2012 source ↗

Any homosexual or transgender people fighting for their rights anywhere in the world.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗

Andrew Marr British journalist

Probably David Hockney, for achieving a perfect balance of life and work; for making great pictures; being charitable; and remaining bloody-minded.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2012 source ↗