Guy Pearce: What has been your biggest disappointment?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Guy Pearce said elsewhere, not written here

I felt like I messed up my marriage. I don’t feel that way any more, but at the time I was devastated.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

Dan Aykroyd Canadian and American actor and musician

Failure at surfing school.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2013 source ↗

Jay McInerney American writer

That my critics remain healthy, despite violent attacks of spleen.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2009 source ↗

Trisha Goddard English television presenter

Many of the so-called celebs I've met.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 October 2010 source ↗

Rupert Graves English actor

I started playing football too old.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

A guitar – a 1959 Gibson 335.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

My fear of confrontation.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

If I’ve spent money that I shouldn’t have or treated someone badly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

I wish I could go back and not be the anxious child that I was. I spent the first 25 years of my life just trying to survive human interaction.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

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