GR
When Adèle walked down the road at the end of the film Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2014 source ↗
The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 192 →
Chris O'Dowd
Irish actor and comedian
When our baby took to the boob for the first time: happy tears at him having his first feed, but also sad at the thought of how many more boobs he’ll seek out before he’s truly happy.
Samira Ahmed
British journalist and writer
Meeting Richard Ratcliffe outside the Foreign Office during his hunger strike to try to get action to free Nazanin. I’m moved by the loyalty and strength of that couple and their family.
Craig Revel Horwood
Australian-British choreographer and director
At my friend Billy’s funeral last month. He died suddenly in his sleep and was only 61.
Engelbert Humperdinck
British singer
I have to say I am an easy sob. I don’t mind, because there’s no harm in having a big man cry.
More from Geoffrey Rush
View profile →Absence of lower back pain.
My own snoring.
During my Queensland childhood, on the days when I avoided the chlorine-infused shower gauntlet and being corralled into the deep end of the school pool.
More on identity & self
- What do you fear most? 256 answers
- Which trait in yourself do you like least? 239 answers
- As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? 197 answers
- What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? 158 answers
- How would you sum yourself up in three words? 114 answers
- What fills you with the most pride? 103 answers
Also answered this
Emily Mortimer, Lesley Sharp, Sofia Coppola, Joan Collins, David Arquette, Chris O'Dowd
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject