Jason Sudeikis: 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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Jason Sudeikis

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Wherever I’m sitting, once I finish this questionnaire.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗

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Stanley Tucci

Every time one of my kids was born and I knew that they were healthy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2016 source ↗

Nuala McGovern

I’m at my happiest in the ocean, and even better if my husband is there throwing me around.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗

Willem Dafoe Actor

Discovering Rome on my scooter with my wife when we first met.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

Marc Almond English singer

In my first bedsit when I went to art college in Leeds. It was a hideous basement, but I loved the freedom.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗

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Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

A sense of humor and/or the ability to use a toilet correctly.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 January 2017 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Either living up to or not living up to my potential.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Entitlement or a lack of manners. Though I find they often flock together.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Having a bunch of answers and getting to fill in the questions. With loved ones. While in Maui.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 January 2017 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

The way I allow myself to talk to myself.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗

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