Cuba Gooding Jr: What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Cuba Gooding Jr

American actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I wanted to meet Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained but he had Jamie Foxx in mind – that one hurt.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

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Alan Dale New Zealand actor

Retiring from playing rugby.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 March 2009 source ↗

This country’s enchantment with privately educated, self-serving liars.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗

Jaime Winstone English actress

England losing the World Cup.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2012 source ↗

Terence Conran British restaurateur and designer

Merging my company with BHS – it was a great mistake.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2016 source ↗

President Obama: he was the first to accomplish something so great in our country as an African American.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

When I am working. I hate to say it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

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