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Falling off the stage in the third preview of Macbeth at the RSC.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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du Beke
English dancer and TV presenter
Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
Adrian Dunbar
Irish actor
Not having come from a class that understands how the world works.
Danny DeVito
American actor, comedian and filmmaker
That the US, Britain and all these other bozos are still fighting wars all over the world.
Rosanna Arquette
American actress
People who have ghosted me for my politics.
More from Christopher Eccleston
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Elsie Eccleston, my mother, for her emotional intelligence, kindness, intense curiosity, and chicken and leek pies.
To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.
Hot Legs by Rod Stewart: I’m going to be cremated.
Now. I am father to Albert, seven, and Esme, six. I’ve never experienced happiness as complete as caring for them.
As a loving father.
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