Julia Stiles: 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 Julia Stiles said elsewhere, not written here

This morning when I woke up. I am generally happy.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Patti Smith Musician, poet and photographer

Tramping through the woods in South Jersey in 1957 with my dog Bambi.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2024 source ↗

When our family was complete.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

Kim Gordon American musician and artist

In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

Jaime Winstone English actress

At work, doing what I do best.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2012 source ↗

I’d have been less precocious as a child (you grow up fast in New York). I’d have prolonged the naivety.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗

When The Saints Go Marching In, by a New Orleans second line band.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗

People I went to school with who have careers as doctors and teachers.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗

On a plane. I become so sentimental on planes: I could be watching Bridesmaids and start crying.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗

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