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.
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2012 source ↗
It will be the one or two or three senior Republican leaders who take a public and forceful stand against the ugly lunacy of the Trump administration.
My parents, for still being in love after 40 years.
The Buddhist monk Tapa Snim I met in Burma in 2007, all of whose earthly possessions he carried in a small bundle slung on one shoulder.
My sister. She is the most loving, positive and generous person I know.
The first 10 years of my marriage, when my children were small.
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
Not always standing up for myself enough.
Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
Reece Shearsmith, Ruth Jones, Jane Asher, Julian Clary, Ronald Harwood, Fran Lebowitz
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