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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
On stage, interviewing one of my heroes, Paul McCartney, at the Royal Festival Hall last November.
I am happiest right now. Things are going really well – my professional life, my personal life, my family life.
When I met [my wife] Sandra. I was coming up 17. We met at the Two Puddings, a dance hall in Stratford.
Bloody radiator keeps banging. I think it needs air releasing but I don’t have a bleeding key.
How about The Hokey Cokey? That’s always fun, especially if they’re carrying the coffin.
My five-litre Ford Mustang.
Any fashion designer whose clothes on me must have made them weep.
Like driving a Ford Mustang with the top down across the Golden Gate Bridge while the sun is setting and you have a dinner reservation in Sausalito.
My life won’t have full quality until we achieve equality for all.
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