What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Billy Porter said elsewhere, not written here
The rejection that I have received from my own people.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2021 source ↗

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Josette Simon British actor
That my parents and my siblings were so shocked and appalled by my changing my path, from university to deciding to be an actor, that they have never seen anything I’ve done.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 April 2022 source ↗
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.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 February 2026 source ↗
Gregory Peck not mentioning me when he won best supporting actor at the Golden Globes for Father Mapple in Moby-Dick. I played Ahab.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2011 source ↗

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