Mike Leigh: his work is important.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗
Mentioned in this answer
- Person Mike Leigh not yet on FLAPSS
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.
Others on this question
View all 407 →
Bozoma Saint John
Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix
My daughter, Lael. She’s fearless and fun. In her eight years, she’s had traumatic events, but still gives hugs.
Alice Eve
British actress
Hillary Clinton, because it’s not easy being bullied and humiliated publicly and carrying on.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Icelandic singer
I find most children quite inspiring.
Nick Grimshaw
English television and radio presenter
My mum. I just got back off holiday with her and we had the most fun. She’s game for whatever.
More from Ethan Hawke
View profile →Words like achievement make me want to puke.
I love being a father. I think there’s a great lie that we tell kids that pleasure creates happiness. Young people think: “Oh, if I get this, I’ll be happy.” But in a lot of ways it’s meeting your responsibilities that makes you happy. For me, I’ve just found that feeling like I’ve done a good job with the kids is a real source of happiness for me.
Too many things to mention.
Worrying about my kids.
Now. It would be corny if I say why.
Townes Van Zandt’s To Live Is To Fly.
More on values & belief
- What trait do you most dislike in other people? 193 answers
- What does everyone in your world seem to agree on that you think is wrong? 80 answers
- What are you unwilling to optimise? 30 answers
- What belief do you hold that most people around you would reject or find surprising? 19 answers
- What has life taught you about being human? 15 answers
- Which virtue do you think people overrate? 10 answers
Also answered this
Kylie Minogue, Robert Carlyle, Michael Ball, Reggie Yates, Cuba Gooding Jr, Stephen Fry
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All values & belief questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject