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.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2024 source ↗
My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.
My biggest teacher and my supporter over the years has been Jack Nicholson. I worked with him, we became very good friends and, every time I hit a low moment, I go visit Jack.
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Teachers who recognise that each child is different.
My dad’s family, for fake drowning when I was 12 on holiday in France – it caused such embarrassment that we had to leave. All because I wanted to get the inflatable ring off my brother. It still haunts me. I guess acting was always going to be my future.
If emergency train announcements were written up on the information screen. The times I ended up at the wrong destination could easily have been avoided.
Avoidance coping.
I didn’t email my grandfather enough before he passed away.
“I’ll tell you later.” They never do.
That my work has given deaf children more confidence in themselves and a sense of ownership of who they are.
Elisabeth Moss, Zoë Wanamaker, Robert Carlyle, Mel Giedroyc, Anna Paquin, Eugene Levy
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