What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Adrian Scarborough said elsewhere, not written here
I was up for Bond and didn’t get it.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2022 source ↗

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Cynthia Nixon American actress and politician
When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
Julie Hesmondhalgh English actress and narrator
That the last general election didn’t take place later. We might have got rid of the Tories with a couple more weeks.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2018 source ↗
Philip Glass American composer
I don't know. I was lucky; I was able to study with the people I wanted to, be friends with the people I wanted to and in the end I've been able to make a living the way I wanted to.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2008 source ↗

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