Don Rickles: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Well, Frank Sinatra’s gone, so the rest have to stand in line.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

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David Guetta French DJ

People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2017 source ↗

Jess Phillips British politician

Harriet Harman. I know how hard it is to do what she’s doing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 April 2018 source ↗

Joe Wicks British fitness coach, television presenter and author

My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2020 source ↗

Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer

Catherine Corless, who spent her own money to secure birth certificates for the unrecorded dead children of the Tuam mother and baby home.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗

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Trying too hard to be funny.

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Perfect happiness is having a wife who loves you and doesn’t ask for too much jewelry.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2003 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Having no patience.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

My greatest fear is going out onstage and having the audience just stare at me.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

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