What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Shaun White said elsewhere, not written here
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.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 March 2010 source ↗

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Jenna Coleman English actress
Receiving a letter saying I didn’t get into drama school. I felt like Billy Elliot. It was a crushing moment.
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Lauren Laverne English radio DJ, and television presenter
My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
Tony Christie
My wife and I were meant to meet Frank Sinatra before he went on stage in Hamburg. But there was a taxi-drivers’ strike and we were too late.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2024 source ↗

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