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My happiest moments are when I am wild camping with my family in Scotland and cooking on a fire by a river.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Stephen Dorff
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In the 90s. I am pretty happy now, but back then I didn’t have the heavier things that life brings as you get older.
Helen George
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As a child playing in my parents’ garden in Birmingham, which they still have, and where my daughters play, swinging on my swing that my dad made for me.
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When I was about eight, by a river waiting for my dad to finish fishing, eating a Mars bar, drinking a can of Coke and listening to Beat It by Michael Jackson on my Walkman. I remember feeling I couldn’t be happier.
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