Pedro Almodóvar: 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 Pedro Almodóvar said elsewhere, not written here

Dr. Pedro Cavadas, a pioneer in face transplants and a specialist in the transplant of severed members. This surgeon from Valencia devotes his summer breaks to travel to Africa and tend to children who have been castrated in tribal conflicts.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗

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Brett Anderson English singer

My wife. She is the most beautiful person I know in every way and has an endless energy for other people that a vinegary old misanthrope like myself can only marvel at.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2011 source ↗

Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian

Teachers who recognise that each child is different.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗

Joseph Fiennes English actor

Aung San Suu Kyi: an extraordinary humanitarian fighting for democracy in a Burmese dictatorship.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

Anna Paquin New Zealand actress

I am really loving the badass co-captain of the US soccer team, Megan Rapinoe. She is exceptionally hard-working and talented, and stands up for what she believes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗