Rhys Ifans: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

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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Recorded Rhys Ifans said elsewhere, not written here

I look at my nephew, who is five years old and in a perpetual state of bliss; I imagine that’s what I was like when I was five. That’s not to say I am unhappy now; I was on top of the world walking through a park to work this morning.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

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Abi Morgan Welsh playwright and screenwriter

Eating Marmite on toast just after the birth of my daughter in 2004.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

Martin Clunes English actor

On childhood family holidays in Mallorca, with my mum, dad and sister, Amanda.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 September 2018 source ↗

Edmund Hillary Mountaineer and explorer; first ascent of Everest, 1953

Those years from 1953 to 1975 were extremely happy years for me. I did many adventurous activities. I got deeply involved in these aid programs for the people of the Himalayas. I had a nice family, we took our family into the out-of-doors, we camped and we swam and we clambered around the hills. For me, it was a very full and a very happy existence.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

Kylie Minogue Australian singer and actress