Joshua Ferris: What has been your biggest disappointment?

Originally asked

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Recorded Joshua Ferris said elsewhere, not written here

My failure to come to grips with all these disappointments.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

Reece Shearsmith British actor, comedian and writer

That I grew old.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

Emily Mortimer British actress

Not being able to sing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 October 2020 source ↗

Charlize Theron South African-American actress

I can't think of anything.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2009 source ↗

Dominic Cooper English actor

Not playing Freddie Mercury.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

Whenever it was, I didn't realise it fully.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗

Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗

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