When were you happiest?

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Recorded Charles Dance said elsewhere, not written here
Realising what I wanted to do as a career – aged about 22.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2009 source ↗

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Swimming in the North Sea at midnight, surrounded by phosphorescence.
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On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
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Probably last night, when I went into my sons’ bedroom and kissed them on their smelly heads.
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