Benedict Cumberbatch: What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor

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Not being a dad by the age of 32.

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

Others on this question

Elisabeth Moss American actor

I don't dwell on disappointments.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2012 source ↗

Jeremy Kyle English radio and television presenter

My ears – disappointments that grow bigger each year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 July 2010 source ↗

Olly Alexander English singer and actor

Early in my career I got really close to being one of the kids in the Narnia movie. I remember being crushed.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 March 2025 source ↗

Rachel Whiteread English artist

Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 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 ↗

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 ↗

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