When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
When were you happiest?
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Running down a hill in midsummer sunshine aged eight, singing ELO's Mr Blue Sky.
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
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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.
Tim Rice
English lyricist and author
When I was seven. I remember it as a golden time, long gone.
Reece Shearsmith
British actor, comedian and writer
On my honeymoon in Lapland.
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