The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?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.
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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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2014 source ↗
When I was 11 and we got Sky TV.
This morning when I woke up. I am generally happy.
My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.
When I was under contract to Universal Pictures in 1959, just before I got my role on Riverboat.
My own snoring.
Absence of lower back pain.
When Adèle walked down the road at the end of the film Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
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