Ashley Walters: When were you happiest?

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Ashley Walters said elsewhere, not written here

My primary school years.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2012 source ↗

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Renée Zellweger

Any recent gathering with friends and family; yesterday, running by the ocean; anytime, solving a problem or creating something. Right now, in bed with news and popcorn.

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

T Bone Burnett Musician and record producer

My happiest moment was being in the room when my daughter was born, and seeing her draw her first breath and turn from what looked like gray clay into the deepest, most vibrant, most psychedelic crimson. It was an unforgettable, unimaginable explosion of energy and potential—of promise and pure love.

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

Eve Ensler American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist

In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

Christopher Eccleston English actor