The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗
Mandela. Also, artists and painters. I admire people who are creative.
Maggie, my wife – for putting up with me.
The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who is 100 years old and still working.
The present Lady Wogan, for putting up with me for 46 years of marriage. The woman's a saint.
The concept of eternity.
Overeating when stressed.
When my bowels move freely and without complications.
Boothby Graffoe calling up to pester me into promoting his new album, available on Amazon and iTunes.
Still being married to Annabel.
Jumping on the seats of a deserted carriage on a London-bound train from Canterbury in 1989.
Alice Eve, Julia Stiles, Rory Kinnear, Karamo Brown, Samuel West, Sofie Gråbøl
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