Willem Dafoe: When were you happiest?

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Recorded Willem Dafoe said elsewhere, not written here

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

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

Others on this question

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 ↗

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 ↗

Martin Freeman English actor

When I am in Italy with the family, not thinking about work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗

Mischa Barton British and American actress

When I got my dogs, Charlie and Ziggy Stardust. One is a pomeranian mix and the other is a rescue mutt, and, oh my God, he's so cute.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 June 2007 source ↗

How doesn’t matter—it’s when that matters. When I’m ready!

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 June 2014 source ↗

A crippling accident.

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

Punctuality (outside of work, of course).

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

Bob Dylan: his great gift as a poet and musician, his long, incorruptible career—and he continues to tour constantly.

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

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