Sally Phillips: 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.

Sally Phillips

British actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

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

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

Mentioned in this answer

Joan Collins English actress and writer

Bill Clinton, I think he was a great president (who cares about his indiscretions?).

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2014 source ↗

Rob Brydon Welsh actor and comedian

Rod Stewart. For obvious reasons.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2012 source ↗

Gloria Steinem.

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

Archie Panjabi British actress

Mathew Varghese, an orthopaedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward in Delhi. He provides reconstructive surgery to help survivors walk.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗

At the birth of each of my children. Drugs were involved.

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

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