Michael Douglas: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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 Michael Douglas said elsewhere, not written here

Any cancer survivor.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

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Graydon Carter

It will be the one or two or three senior Republican leaders who take a public and forceful stand against the ugly lunacy of the Trump administration.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

Garrison Keillor

My president, a heroic figure—also good- humored, pretty smart, elegant; and if the rest of the world thinks he typifies America, I don’t mind at all.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2009 source ↗

Robert Carlyle Scottish actor

I'm a great admirer of Tony Benn -he's one of the few politicians who speaks his mind.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗

Ann Patchett American author

A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2017 source ↗