Peter Capaldi: What has been your biggest disappointment?

What has been your biggest disappointment?

Originally asked

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Recorded Peter Capaldi said elsewhere, not written here

I am always disappointed when I see myself on the screen.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 June 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

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Robert Peston British journalist

I am rarely disappointed. I try to make the best of things.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 June 2018 source ↗

Paul McKenna British hypnotist and TV personality

People mistaking my kindness for weakness and stealing from me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗

Samira Ahmed British journalist and writer

When I was a 26-year-old news correspondent, the head of BBC news gathering, Chris Cramer, refused to let me take up a six-month attachment on the foreign affairs programme Correspondent. He said: “I think it’s too soon; you could do it later.” He’d never have said that to a man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 January 2022 source ↗

Erin O'Connor English model