Tim Robbins: 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 Tim Robbins said elsewhere, not written here

When I was shooting The Player – I was in love with life and fulfilled by my creative experience.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2010 source ↗

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Steffi Graf German tennis player

My happiness lives in the present. It's my life this morning, this evening, with Andre, my kids.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

Chris Rock

August 16, 1985. My dad took me and my brothers Andre and Tony to see the Fresh Fest at the Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. We saw Whodini, the Fat Boys, and Grandmaster Flash. Greatest day of my life. The births of my children were big days, too, but billions of people have children—only 15,000 people saw that show.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗

Gemma Whelan English actress

When I was 15, I went to a rugby match at Twickenham with my dad and we went back to his friend Hugh’s house and Hugh made me a perfect cup of tea. I just remember feeling really happy because it was such a brilliant day and I loved being with my dad.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2020 source ↗

Joan Jett American singer, songwriter and guitarist

My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗