Lauren Bacall: 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.

Lauren Bacall

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

No one I can think of offhand.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2004 source ↗

Others on this question

Bill Bryson American-British author

Angela Merkel; she seems wise, compassionate, curiously huggable.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗

Hayley Squires English actress and playwright

Two friends who work for the NHS, Jason and Kate. One is a paramedic and one has been moved to work in an ICU.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2020 source ↗

Nadine Gordimer South African writer

Nelson Mandela. The epitome of courage and intelligence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2012 source ↗

Michelle Obama.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗

Waking up in the morning.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2004 source ↗

Not waking up in the morning.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2004 source ↗

Search the directory for somebody in particular.