Benedict Cumberbatch: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Benedict Cumberbatch said elsewhere, not written here

Not being a dad by the age of 32.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

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kd lang Canadian musician

My limited capacity to learn.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2021 source ↗

Sara Cox English broadcaster

As an adult, not having my own horse yet.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2019 source ↗

Jay McInerney American writer

That my critics remain healthy, despite violent attacks of spleen.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2009 source ↗

That I didn’t go to Turkey during the pandemic for one of those male hair treatments.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

Amber, my aunt, and her boyfriend, Gian Luigi Valino – he has primary lateral sclerosis and she cares for him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

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