Ed Harris: What has been your biggest disappointment?

What has been your biggest disappointment?

Originally asked

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Recorded Ed Harris said elsewhere, not written here

The distribution of Copying Beethoven in the US.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗

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Jason Donovan

I got seduced by being a pop star, and why wouldn’t I? I think I could have made a few more career moves with films. But I was nervous. How do you move forward as an actor creatively if you are just appealing to teenage girls?

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗

Jessica Brown Findlay English actress

Spending over half my life under Tory rule.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗

Jeremy Kyle English radio and television presenter

My ears – disappointments that grow bigger each year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 July 2010 source ↗

Dawn O'Porter British writer, director, and television presenter

Not winning Celebrity MasterChef. I am still gutted, despite many months of pretending to be fine with it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗