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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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Allison Janney
Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2025 source ↗

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Natalie Imbruglia
Alanis Morissette because, in my earlier career, she was a big influence on me and had a feistiness that you didn’t see much of in women in the industry. Also, she has been very vocal about mental health issues.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2026 source ↗
Stephen Graham English actor
My wife, Hannah. She’s amazing and keeps me in check. I met her 24 years ago at drama school.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 April 2018 source ↗

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