My mum – she's in her 90s, lives on her own, is lucid, wise and funny. And knows what a selfie is.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2014 source ↗
The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
My mum – she's in her 90s, lives on her own, is lucid, wise and funny. And knows what a selfie is.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2014 source ↗
I have a lot of respect and admiration for President Carter. It was a delight when I got the Nobel Peace Prize to get a letter from him. It meant a lot to me, getting that letter from a man who is my idol in many ways. ... He always has the courage to express his views, his convictions. He doesn’t hesitate to run against the current. He has always had a moral certitude. He looks at the ethics and morality of his action, and that’s key. Whatever we do in life, whether privately or publicly, we need to have a compass. We need to be sure that what we do is not only good for us, but good for the people at large. That’s ethics. That’s morality. I think we need to always know that our work is not just good for us in the short term, but it’s morally correct. And when I talk about morality, I don’t talk about religion. I talk about a moral code, a moral value, which I think we all have, being honest, being fair, being correct. These are values I think we all share.
My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.
Bruce Forsyth, because not only is he the most talented showman, he is the most generous individual.
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
When I was a kid, I ran everywhere, pretending I was in the Olympics, and would always sprint the last 20 yards home to win gold.
Still doing what I love.
Martin Sheen, John Malkovich, Ashley Jensen, Joseph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, Alice Eve
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