Ernest Borgnine: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

The question

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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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Ernest Borgnine

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

When: I finish a good scene. Where: looking back, in the navy.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

On a train journey to Arcadia many years ago while making a TV documentary.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗

Mike Wallace American journalist

Nineteen thirty-nine. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Station WOOD, 20 bucks a week.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

Nicola Adams British boxer

When I won gold at the London Olympic Games.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2012 source ↗

David Arquette American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler

With time and experience you figure stuff out, so I am happiest right now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗

Having gone through the depression of ’29, I’d hate to see the U.S. hit bottom and not come back!

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗

Finally, a happy marriage, of now 39 years!

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2011 source ↗

My own doctor, Paul Rudnick.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2011 source ↗

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