Benedict Cumberbatch: 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 Benedict Cumberbatch said elsewhere, not written here

Amber, my aunt, and her boyfriend, Gian Luigi Valino – he has primary lateral sclerosis and she cares for him.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

The Obamas are impressive.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2018 source ↗

Carol Vorderman, because she’s stuck her head above the parapet to try to hold our bizarre politicians to account.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Terry Wogan Irish-British radio and television broadcaster

The present Lady Wogan, for putting up with me for 46 years of marriage. The woman's a saint.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2011 source ↗

Pedro Almodóvar, for being loyal to his personality as an artist against all the odds.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

Not being a dad by the age of 32.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

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