Roger Moore: 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 Roger Moore said elsewhere, not written here

Nelson Mandela.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

Others on this question

Judy Murray Scottish tennis coach

Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗

Daniel Clowes American cartoonist and writer

It's a fool's errand to waste time admiring anybody.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2012 source ↗

Ricky Gervais. I’m saying that so he might read this and cast me in something.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2022 source ↗

Paul Weller English singer-songwriter and musician

David Attenborough, because he sticks to what he loves and is still passionate about it. God bless him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2014 source ↗

Pain of any sort.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

Being with those that I love, and they have no problems.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 December 2008 source ↗

This morning in bed.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

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