Zoë Wanamaker: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Zoë Wanamaker said elsewhere, not written here

The Dalai Lama because he has peace, and we all want that.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Rebecca Front English actress, writer and comedian

Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2015 source ↗

Julian Sands British actor

David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗

David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality

My father, because he's a positive man with an enormous amount of compassion. My mother passed away four days ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

Suzi Quatro American-British rock musician

My sister Arlene, who is 75 and on marriage number seven. I admire her hopefulness.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 November 2016 source ↗

Getting married at Islington register office in 1994.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

That we've chosen to trash the planet.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

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