Matthew Kelly: 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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Matthew Kelly said elsewhere, not written here

I didn’t get a part in a TV series for a writer that I’ve always wanted to work with, but I wasn’t right for it, if I’m truly honest.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 February 2026 source ↗

Others on this question

Minnie Driver British and American actress

I thought that I would become more mature about certain things, and it didn’t happen.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2023 source ↗

Ashley Jensen Scottish actress and narrator

Hollywood Boulevard, it’s grubby, sticky and somehow terribly sad.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2017 source ↗

Barbara Taylor Bradford British novelist

Not having my parents around to share my success.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2014 source ↗

Eve Ensler American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist

That most men have not yet come to understand the impact and the devastating consequences of violence against women.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗