Damian Lewis: 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 Damian Lewis said elsewhere, not written here

Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Elisabeth Moss American actor

Whenever I'm with my mum and brother. We have family dinners every Sunday – it's become quite the tradition.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2012 source ↗

Shaznay Lewis English singer

When my children were small and used to play together, be creative, and were just in that innocent bubble.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2024 source ↗

Tess Daly English television presenter

Holding my two babies, Phoebe and Amber, for the first time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 December 2016 source ↗

Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2023 source ↗

Selfishness. People who block junctions in their car.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Sohana Collins. A little girl I know who’s extremely brave.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Party, good friends, lots of dancing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 March 2017 source ↗

Losing my memory.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

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