Jonathan Safran Foer: When were you happiest?

When were you happiest?

Originally asked

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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 Jonathan Safran Foer said elsewhere, not written here

Leaving the hospital.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2012 source ↗

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Chris Addison Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and director

It would be a bad sign if I had a definite answer to that, wouldn't it?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2010 source ↗

Paterson Joseph British actor and author

When my son was about three years old and I was working at the National Theatre. I remember cycling from Twickenham, and thinking, “This is the golden age: I’ll never be happier or more content than this.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 February 2020 source ↗

Orlando Bloom English actor

When I was about to embark on filming The Lord Of The Rings, prior to any kind of fame or notoriety, full of hope and dreams, and excitement of the adventures ahead.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 March 2021 source ↗

Kate Nash British musician

British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗