Barbara Walters: 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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Barbara Walters

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In Paris and Italy, the summer after graduating from college.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

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Jacqueline Wilson English novelist

A few years ago in Vermont, when I eloped with Trish to have a civil partnership ceremony.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2022 source ↗

Adeel Akhtar British actor

At boarding school, I was unable to get the main part in Hamlet, so I put on a production of The Homecoming with my friends. The teachers came to see it and said they didn’t know I had it in me. It felt very good.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

Craig Revel Horwood Australian-British choreographer and director

When I got my first professional dance job: West Side Story in Melbourne in 1983.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 December 2018 source ↗

Bob Schieffer

When I finished writing a book.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2017 source ↗

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Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

A fireplace, a book, and a snowy day, with no possibility of getting into the office.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2004 source ↗

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