Nicholas Hoult: 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.

Nicholas Hoult

English actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Mum and Dad – they've done a pretty good job raising us kids.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2010 source ↗

Others on this question

Bryan Stevenson.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Sally Phillips British actress

I'm flighty. Yesterday, Peter Tatchell. Today, Jennifer Saunders.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2012 source ↗

Patti Smith Musician, poet and photographer

The artist Gerhard Richter.

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

Vicky McClure English actress

Paul Irons, the deputy head at my school, Fernwood comprehensive. He was an inspiration, and still is.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 March 2018 source ↗

Relaxing with family and friends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2010 source ↗

I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2010 source ↗

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