The question
What has been your biggest disappointment?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This exact question recurs in The Guardian's institutional Q&A pool.
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When I left drama school, I thought I was going to work at the Royal Court and tell stories about political injustice. I got cast in ITV murder mysteries.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
Not winning the Mercury.
Getting down to the last two of certain jobs (Gangs Of New York and Fight Club) and being thwarted at the last second.
How little money really changes things. It buys doctors but not health, clothes but not taste, makeup but not beauty. When I was young and didn’t have anything, I imagined money had more power.
That my competitive pole vault career ended at the age of 15.
I’ve got vertigo, so anything to do with heights.
Control freakery in the kitchen.
When I was about eight, by a river waiting for my dad to finish fishing, eating a Mars bar, drinking a can of Coke and listening to Beat It by Michael Jackson on my Walkman. I remember feeling I couldn’t be happier.
Not feeling like you have to be anywhere else.
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