Damian Lewis: When were you happiest?

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.

Recorded Damian Lewis said elsewhere, not written here

Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Toyah Willcox English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter

Between 2007 and 2016, I had a large white rabbit called WillyFred. I was happiest pressing my ear to his fur and hearing his heart beat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

Michael Morpurgo British children's writer

When I was a young father and teaching at a local primary school in Kent.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2011 source ↗

Rachel Whiteread English artist

When my children arrived.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Mike Skinner English rapper

When I was a child and I got a new toy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗

Selfishness. People who block junctions in their car.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Party, good friends, lots of dancing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 March 2017 source ↗

Sohana Collins. A little girl I know who’s extremely brave.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Losing my memory.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

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