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Putin. Because he is so comfortably who he is.
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Lil Nas X
American rapper
I have to say myself, because I know everything that he’s been through and still continues to go through. I admire him. So I vote me – I like him.
Adeel Akhtar
British actor
My mum, because she smuggled me into the National Youth Theatre during summer time when my dad didn’t want me to be an actor, and she’s seen everything I’ve done.
My mum, for the way that she brought up her three children and managed to make her money work. She worked as a cleaner for all these families we went to church with. She would cycle there with my little sister on the back of her bike – we didn’t have a car. She had an amazing mind for planning and organising so that we got to do ballet, we went to Brownies.
Julian Sands
British actor
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
More from Kelsey Grammer
View profile →I would borrow from Peter Sellers: Glenn Miller’s In The Mood.
This morning, surrounded by my children and my wife, Kayte.
Thirty seconds ago. I cry a lot. I find great solace in it.
It would have to be the justice system in Colorado, which is not geared toward taking care of victims. The guys who killed my sister in 1975 always come up for parole every year.
My two middle children, Mason and Jude. They will know why.
My sister’s death – I would love to meet her kids. [Karen Grammer was 18 when she was abducted, raped and murdered.]
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