Robson Green: When were you happiest?

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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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Recorded Robson Green said elsewhere, not written here

When I landed the role in Soldier Soldier. I thought, “Oh my goodness, I’m going to be doing something that makes me happy, I’m doing it abroad and they’re going to pay me.” I was 26.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 January 2019 source ↗

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Joely Richardson British actress

At work, my happiest moments are between “action” and “cut”. I am also very happy when justice is done, and when camping.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗

Fern Britton English television presenter and author

I am always happiest tucked up at home with my family.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2009 source ↗

George Saunders Short-story writer and novelist

Pittsford, New York, writing my first book when our kids were small, riding my bike to work because we only had one car…that feeling of being needed and loved and vitally involved in something artistic that I didn’t fully understand, everything still lying ahead of us.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2023 source ↗

David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality