David Arquette: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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

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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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David Arquette

American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

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

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

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Margaret Atwood Novelist, poet and critic

Can't pick and choose, it's bad luck.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2011 source ↗

Lorraine Pascale British model and cook

When my daughter Ella was born.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2014 source ↗

Brooke Shields

On a beach, watching my girls do cartwheels, with a Goombay Smash with a floater on top.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2025 source ↗

Paterson Joseph British actor and author

When my son was about three years old and I was working at the National Theatre. I remember cycling from Twickenham, and thinking, “This is the golden age: I’ll never be happier or more content than this.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 February 2020 source ↗

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I got stabbed in the neck with a light tube during a wrestling “death match” two years ago. It was scary. I thought I was dying: your life does flash before your eyes.

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