Henry Winkler: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? — FLAPSS

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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Henry Winkler

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The delivery room when my children and grandchildren were born.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗

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Sue Townsend English writer and humorist

Flying over the Australian outback in a jet, looking down at the incredible orange scenery, the uninhabited hills and gullies, listening to Tchaikovsky on my headphones and drinking champagne with a cigarette in my hand. It was 1984, I'd been to the Adelaide Book Festival and was going back to my husband and my children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2007 source ↗

Tim Rice English lyricist and author

When I was seven. I remember it as a golden time, long gone.

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

Sofia Helin Swedish actress

Now. During the period of Covid, I have had the opportunity to rethink and I’ve got a new gift of cherishing now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗

Cuba Gooding Jr American actor

When I am working. I hate to say it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

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My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.

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Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

Being able to share a confidence.

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.

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Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

The inability to listen.

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Being confined in a straitjacket.

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Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I can be pedantic at times.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗

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