Cressida Cowell: When were you happiest?

When were you happiest?

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Recorded Cressida Cowell said elsewhere, not written here

Watching my children play together for hours when they were very young.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗

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Hayley Mills English actress

Now. This is the best time of my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2010 source ↗

Gary Numan British musician

Now. I enjoy what I do for a living, the children are here and I am still happily married after 25 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Alan Dale New Zealand actor

I have never been happier than I am now. As for when I was happiest in my work, playing King Arthur in Spamalot in the West End.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 March 2009 source ↗

Jenna Coleman English actress

There was a moment in my early 20s when I’d finished Emmerdale and didn’t know what was next. I drove from LA to San Francisco listening to Tracy Chapman and it felt like one of those pure moments of uncomplicated joy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗