5 [Living] Actors Who Inspire Me:

1. James McAvoy
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman
3. Ethan Hawke
4. Bill Pullman
5. Johnny Depp

Writer/Directors [Living]:

1. Charlie Kaufman
2. Richard Linklater
3. Wes Anderson
4. David Fincher
5. Nicole Holofcener

I feel like there should be more than one woman on these lists.