Barbara Walters: 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 Barbara Walters said elsewhere, not written here

Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

Others on this question

No one I can think of offhand.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2004 source ↗

Paul Hollywood English baker and chef

My mum, for bringing up three lads.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2014 source ↗

Dominic Cooper English actor

Clive Stafford Smith, for his incredible work with the Reprieve charity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

Anne Robinson English television presenter and journalist

Any mother with young children who is also doing a full-time job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2010 source ↗

In Paris and Italy, the summer after graduating from college.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

A fireplace, a book, and a snowy day, with no possibility of getting into the office.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2004 source ↗

Search the directory for somebody in particular.