Mark Gatiss: 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 Mark Gatiss said elsewhere, not written here

Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

Others on this question

My mom, for her unflappable ability to be sanguine (though she sometimes dips into Pollyanna territory).

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2021 source ↗

Ethan Hawke Actor, director and novelist

Mike Leigh: his work is important.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗

No one I can think of offhand.

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

Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.

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

I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

A Day In The Life by the Beatles.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

Sherlock being such a worldwide phenomenon.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

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