Erin O'Connor
English model
French kissing on Tower Bridge under a full moon in the wee small hours.
When were you happiest?
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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.
I don’t think there’s a single moment. Every day that you wake up and your family is healthy and OK is a daily gratitude and happiness for me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗
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I don’t have a happiest; I live in the now.
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In elementary school. I loved learning.
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My children, because they come with me wherever I go.
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I hope that’s yet to come. My Oscar? That was a combination of Holly Hunter being an amazing actress, Jane being an extraordinary director and me being in the right place at the right time. I had no idea what I was doing. It’s given me this amazing life, but it’s not the highlight of my career.
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