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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Judd Apatow
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Neil Young. Not in that order.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2009 source ↗
Laurence Fox English actor and activist
My mum, because she raised five children. I am raising two and it’s hard work.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2019 source ↗
Cyndi Lauper
Aside from my mom, my husband, and my mother-in-law, Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and RBG.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗
Jean Smart
Jane Goodall. I got the chance to meet her a few years ago, and it was the thrill of a lifetime. When I was little, I wanted to be her. I thought she had the coolest life in the world.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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