Benedict Cumberbatch: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Benedict Cumberbatch said elsewhere, not written here

Not being a dad by the age of 32.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

Andi Oliver British cook, television and radio broadcaster, singer

The fact that I didn’t get more success in the music industry.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2021 source ↗

Hugh Dennis British comedian and actor

At the time, it was the fact that my first marriage didn't work, but subsequently that proved to be a good thing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2011 source ↗

Rob Brydon Welsh actor and comedian

Meeting Rod Stewart.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2012 source ↗

Not marrying the person I wanted to marry, but now I think it’s probably good that I didn’t.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Amber, my aunt, and her boyfriend, Gian Luigi Valino – he has primary lateral sclerosis and she cares for him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

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