Sophia Loren: When were you happiest?

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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Recorded Sophia Loren said elsewhere, not written here

In the hospital when my children were born.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

Heidi Klum German-American model and TV host

The first time I saw each of my four children’s faces.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 April 2016 source ↗

Eli Roth American film director and screenwriter

When I'm on set, filming.

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

Elisabeth Moss American actor

Whenever I'm with my mum and brother. We have family dinners every Sunday – it's become quite the tradition.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2012 source ↗

Nicola Walker British actress

As I get older, I get happier.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2017 source ↗

A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 February 2021 source ↗

I’m a perfectionist; it’s boring.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

To overcook that plate of fettuccine.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

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