The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?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.
On stage. Always on stage. God that’s depressing, isn’t it?
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗
Genuinely – and my wife, Lee, knows this – dancing with Kevin Clifton on Strictly.
I am happiest now.
Now. Five years ago, I started looking after myself a bit more, emotionally and spiritually, and it’s paid dividends.
At drama school, because I started having relationships with other men and found a satisfying job.
Loving, odd, playful. Jeepers, I’ve described myself like a damaged rescue puppy.
So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
Appearing angry when I’m not angry.
A better knee and better lungs.
As Tilda Swinton in a fat suit.
My impotence in the face of war.
David Gandy, Rob Brydon, Shaun Ryder, Hilary Swank, Boy George, Eddie Izzard
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