Elisabeth Moss: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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.

Elisabeth Moss

American actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

This is kind of cheesy, but my mum.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2012 source ↗

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Mario Molina Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

there are really very many. Again, as a child, it was obviously those scientists which had lived in the past that had made such an important mark in science history.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interviewer, Academy of Achievement interview, 1996, 1996 source ↗

Ann Patchett American author

A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2017 source ↗

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