Mary Tyler Moore: 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 Mary Tyler Moore said elsewhere, not written here

I think when we were doing The Mary Tyler Moore Show. That was the first time that I was able to, on a regular basis, be funny.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2012 source ↗

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Mindy Kaling

Sunday mornings with my parents when I visited from college.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗

Boris Becker German tennis player, coach, and commentator

I am happiest with my family.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2012 source ↗

Jessica Brown Findlay English actress

My wedding day last year. It was supposed to be 4 April and, in the end, it was 12 September.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗

Lupita Nyong'o Actress

I thoroughly enjoyed high school in Nairobi: it was before everybody had a camera on their phone. I experimented with fashion and hairstyles that I am glad I don’t have any record of.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗

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Question Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? Identity & self

Well, first of all I’d like to change the word “deplore” to “dislike.” I guess that I’m almost a hermit; I don’t enjoy going out that much, and so I tend to take my happiness from the joys of my home and my husband.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2012 source ↗