The question
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Being absent from my son’s life when I’m at work.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗
If you ask me where has been the one area where I feel that I've been most frustrated and most stymied it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common-sense, gun-safety laws. Even in the face of repeated mass killings. … And for us not to be able to resolve that issue has been something that is distressing. But it is not something that I intend to stop working on in the remaining 18 months.
Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
The lack of role models in leadership in the US, in particular our government.
Never learning another language.
My wife, because of the lessons we’ve learned and what we have overcome over the course of our time together.
After a significant traumatic experience when I was looking for reasons to stay alive.
Last night, getting ready for a scene.
It is obsessive, it is glorious, it is everything that we’re put on this Earth to feel, all at once.
Insecurity around money. I have this profound insecurity about not having enough to provide for my family.
As one of a kind.
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