kd lang: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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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Recorded kd lang said elsewhere, not written here

My limited capacity to learn.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

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Juliet Stevenson

I really wanted a role in Harry Potter and I never got one.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 May 2026 source ↗

Bryan Cranston American actor

That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2016 source ↗

Gavin Rossdale British musician

Sometimes it was disappointing not to have the fan base at home in the UK that we had elsewhere.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2020 source ↗

Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer

The Guardian’s review of my book.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗