Alex Lawther: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗

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Chris Addison Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and director

It would be a bad sign if I had a definite answer to that, wouldn't it?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2010 source ↗

Miriam Margolyes

On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

Ethan Hawke Actor, director and novelist

Now. It would be corny if I say why.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗

Jay McInerney American writer

When my mother let me stay home from school even though I wasn't ill.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2009 source ↗