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Losing my mum when I was 28.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Not being fluent in another language.
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Not singing in a band.
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The first video game I was in. I was 13 and video games were the world for me, and my character was awful. He had this terrible orange 'fro, his voice was a man's and he was slow and didn't turn well – nothing like me.
Roger Allam
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Not being active in my own desires.
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I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad. I cried the other night watching some family getting back together on some documentary.
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