Isla Fisher: 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 Isla Fisher said elsewhere, not written here

When I won my first Oscar. Oh, wait – that was Amy Adams.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2016 source ↗

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Keith McNally

Cycling around Martha’s Vineyard alone in the summer of 1976.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2026 source ↗

Ian McEwan British novelist and screenwriter

In my mid- to late-20s, in London, beginning to publish, living hand to mouth, having fun. Also now, when love and life and work have finally cohered.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 August 2018 source ↗

Andy Roddick American tennis player

Nothing is better than right now, and having a baby is no small part.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2015 source ↗

Iris Apfel American interior designer and fashion icon

I try to be happy whenever I can. I don’t fret about what’s past and we don’t know if there will be a future, so I make as much as I can out of what’s here now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 August 2018 source ↗