It has been in myself, for allowing individuals who I relied on to make important decisions in my life that left me alone to pick up the pieces.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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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 ↗
I was very sorry to stop at two children – I would have liked to have had a third – and I am very sorry to have got divorced.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗
The years I lost trying to fix my second marriage.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗
Being let go from Strictly.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2025 source ↗
Never to have played at the National or the RSC.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 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 ↗
At university in the 60s, I thought social justice was going to improve exponentially. How wrong I was.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
Not keeping off the last 5lbs.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 August 2026 source ↗
Not playing James Bond.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗
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