The question
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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The morning after the opening of Hamlet in New York in 2000. The reviews were good and I actually punched the air – a very un-Simon Russell Beale thing to do.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2011 source ↗
In elementary school. I loved learning.
The Olympics: all my dreams came true in one place.
The day my son was born.
Realising what I wanted to do as a career – aged about 22.
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