Jerry Lewis: When were you happiest?

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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 Jerry Lewis said elsewhere, not written here

In 1926 and in the maternity room.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

Zoë Wanamaker American-born British actress

Getting married at Islington register office in 1994.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

Gary Barlow British singer

We’re in such a good place now as a family. It’s the same for my career. I say no to so many things; I never used to be able to.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2017 source ↗

There are different kinds of happiness, but the simplest was when I was 13 because what one had to do was so obvious.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2012 source ↗

Paul O'Grady British comedian, actor and television presenter

When I hit 30 and managed to get a council flat in London. It was in the most terrible state, but it was bliss to have a flat of my own.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2021 source ↗

No sense of humor.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

No sense of humor.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

When the audience walks toward the stage.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

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