Jake Shears: What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Jake Shears

Singer and songwriter; co-lead vocalist of Scissor Sisters

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

The realisation that I am no longer young.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

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Donald Sutherland Canadian actor

The behaviour of those dogs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2012 source ↗

Rosanna Arquette American actress

People who have ghosted me for my politics.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗

Shane MacGowan Irish singer-songwriter

I never set my sights that high, so I’m not disappointed with anything.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 December 2021 source ↗

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 ↗

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Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗