Whoopi Goldberg: 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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Pope Francis. He’s going with the original program. He may not be perfect, but he’s trying.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

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Cyndi Lauper

Aside from my mom, my husband, and my mother-in-law, Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and RBG.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗

Ben Kingsley English actor

My wife, Daniela. She is the bringer of joy and clarity, and she is very beautiful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 November 2013 source ↗

Kevin Bacon

My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗

Mariska Hargitay

People who do hard, honorable work in obscurity.

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

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Humor and honesty. Realness. No bullshit.

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Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would laugh more. I don’t laugh enough.

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

A perfect day is when I can sit outside and listen to an audiobook and watch my family walking around.

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I’m most afraid that someday I’m going to be on an airplane and it’s going to be acting the way I don’t want it to.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

When a person is judgmental without realizing that they are the thing they detest in others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I can be a huge asshole, not very nice. Doesn’t happen very often, but when it happens, it’s not attractive.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

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