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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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Adeel Akhtar

British actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
My mum, because she smuggled me into the National Youth Theatre during summer time when my dad didn’t want me to be an actor, and she’s seen everything I’ve done.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

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Björn Ulvaeus Swedish musician
Bill Gates. Not only did he build Microsoft, he went on with his wife to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They support the, in my view, single most important factor in making the world a better place – empowerment of women and girls.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Rita Wilson American actress, singer, and producer
I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
I love and admire Julia Roberts, one of our Running Wild guests, for the way she has a few close friends, is loyal to her family, doesn’t believe in all the fame stuff and can laugh at herself.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗

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