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

The question

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Tim Minchin

Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗

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Andy Roddick American tennis player

I look up to people such as Andre Agassi who use their fame as a pedestal for causes. He was great to me early on in my career.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2015 source ↗

Whoopi Goldberg

Pope Francis. He’s going with the original program. He may not be perfect, but he’s trying.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter

My mother, because now I have two sons and I have help around me – including my family – I can't imagine having four little ones under the age of nine, as she did.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2010 source ↗

Lisa Marie Presley American singer-songwriter

Anyone who lives outside the box.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2012 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Maybe when my wife Sarah and I were walking back to our hotel in Covent Garden, London, through the snow after the Olivier awards when Matilda won all the stuff. Hold on, I’m meant to say the birth of my children, aren’t I?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗