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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Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2003 source ↗
When I met my husband and had babies. They have made me happy ever since.
The mid- to late 80s, summers spent at Park End Farm in Atherton – ankle deep in horse manure and soaking wet from falls from badly constructed rope swings across streams.
Maybe when my wife Sarah and I were walking back to our hotel in Covent Garden, London, through the snow after the Olivier awards when Matilda won all the stuff. Hold on, I’m meant to say the birth of my children, aren’t I?
When I got my first professional dance job: West Side Story in Melbourne in 1983.
My lips are sealed.
It’s never going to be absolutely perfect. There will always be something you would change if you could.
My weight, but I’m working on it. I will return!
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