My mum [the actor, Sally Dynevor] in so many ways. She is the real definition of a superwoman to me.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Question
What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
Question
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
Question
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
Question
Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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.
Malala Yousafzai; she’s a wonderful humanitarian.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2017 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 406 →
Daniel Clowes
American cartoonist and writer
It's a fool's errand to waste time admiring anybody.
Burt Reynolds
American actor
My son Quinton. He’s working behind the scenes in the picture biz and he’s done it all on his own.
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.
More from Ashley Jensen
View profile →Hollywood Boulevard, it’s grubby, sticky and somehow terribly sad.
I did want to be an actor from an early age although I briefly dabbled with the idea of being a vet until I realised you had to stick your hand up a cow’s arse.
That my son is kind and he loves David Bowie.
To anyone who gets into my car, because it’s such a mess.
More on values & belief
- What is the trait you most deplore in others? 197 answers
- What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong? 79 answers
- What are you unwilling to optimise? 30 answers
- What have you come to understand about what it means to be human? 14 answers
- What is the most overrated virtue? 10 answers
- What do you need to believe in order to get through the day? 9 answers
Also answered this
Tom Ellis, Brian Cox, Sofie Gråbøl, Michael Ball, Alison Steadman, Burt Reynolds
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All values & belief questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject