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.
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At the end of each day when I sit with my son and he's tired and I get to cuddle him. Otherwise, it's impossible. Ninjas and dragon hunters don't sit still that often.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2013 source ↗
January 15, 1991. Walking up Congress Avenue in Austin, with thousands of others, to see Mom sworn in as governor of Texas.
This is going to horribly upset my wife, my children and my grandchildren, but it was when I did The Greatest Snowman last year for Channel 4. Being let loose on an Austrian mountainside to build snow sculptures was my happy point, and who knew I’d find an icy G-spot at nearly 58.
On stage. Always on stage. God that’s depressing, isn’t it?
When my children Suzy and Justin were small: I loved watching them grow up, helping and encouraging them.
Less travelling for work, more travelling for adventure.
Realising that people are not always who they claim to be.
Right now, Get Lucky. I'm sure this will change.
Reece Shearsmith, Don Warrington, Sadie Frost, Rob Brydon, Eddie Izzard, Hilary Swank
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