Helena Bonham Carter
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Both of the days my children were born. It was like I’d stepped through a mirror and everything turned Technicolor.
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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 tend to rank happy times.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗
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When I was a child and a teenager, before I got discovered.
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Most recently, when I was tobogganing in Italy.
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When my bowels move freely and without complications.
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