Björk Guðmundsdóttir: 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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Björk Guðmundsdóttir said elsewhere, not written here

Merging with nature or merging with people.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2013 source ↗

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Andy Serkis English actor

When my wife Lorraine and I got together in 1990. We were in a play at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester when we suddenly realised we were falling in love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗

Carrie Brownstein

Driving solo across the country from New York to Washington State.

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

John Waters American filmmaker

Chasing after fire engines as a child with my dad and watching neighbours' houses burn to the ground.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

Iris Apfel American interior designer and fashion icon

I try to be happy whenever I can. I don’t fret about what’s past and we don’t know if there will be a future, so I make as much as I can out of what’s here now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 August 2018 source ↗