Amy Poehler: 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 Amy Poehler said elsewhere, not written here

Beyoncé/Beyoncé’s hair person.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗

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Ethan Hawke Actor, director and novelist

Mike Leigh: his work is important.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗

Reggie Yates British actor and media personality

Anybody who invests the lion’s share of their time in helping others.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗

Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

I think that Jay Powell in when, when the epidemic broke out, I think he acted in March of 2020 and I think if he'd waited two or three weeks, it would have been a disaster. Once the dominoes start toppling, they just start toppling and, and, and, and that line is shorter than anybody thinks, and it topples faster. And I think he did exactly the right thing, and he, he did it even stronger than Volker did. You know, I mean, he, he and Volker are my heroes at the Fed.

Recorded Becky Quick, CNBC “Squawk Box”, recorded in Omaha; CNBC's own transcript of its own broadcast, 31 March 2026 source ↗

Richard Bacon English television and radio presenter

Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

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Question Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? Identity & self

Stealing from the elderly and then acting real cocky about it.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗

Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self

That I take this questionnaire too seriously and reveal my crimes and misdemeanors, or I treat this questionnaire too flippantly and bring shame to the House of Proust.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗