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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Stephen Merchant
English comedian and actor
Failing to get anything in the New Year honours, not even a poxy CBE.
Pauline McLynn
Irish character actress and author
Actors live in a constant state of disappointment. I’ll never be happy with what I’ve done.
Christopher Eccleston
English actor
Falling off the stage in the third preview of Macbeth at the RSC.
Reece Shearsmith
British actor, comedian and writer
That I grew old.
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