Abi Morgan: When were you happiest?

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.

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Recorded Abi Morgan said elsewhere, not written here

Eating Marmite on toast just after the birth of my daughter in 2004.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

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Dominic West English actor

Last year. I was with my wife and all my kids in northern California, driving an RV. I remember thinking that life couldn’t possibly get any better.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 December 2018 source ↗

Jonathan Safran Foer American novelist

Leaving the hospital.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2012 source ↗

Yo-Yo Ma Cellist

When our children were born.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2016 source ↗

Laverne Cox

At the SAG awards in 2016. I remember going into that night saying to myself, “I might not be here again; let me be fully in the moment.” The cast of Orange Is the New Black won the acting-ensemble award for the second year in a row, and I was there with a man I truly loved. That night was everything I had always dreamed about.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2018 source ↗