Vanessa Redgrave: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Vanessa Redgrave said elsewhere, not written here

To lose my fourth baby.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

Jo Nesbø Norwegian writer and musician

Tottenham this season.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2026 source ↗

The years I lost trying to fix my second marriage.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

Camille Paglia American feminist academic and critic

The shocking decline of artistic quality in Hollywood movies over the past 15 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 April 2008 source ↗

Alan Dale New Zealand actor

Retiring from playing rugby.

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

In April 2015 I nearly died, as my heart was finding it too difficult to keep my smoke-destroyed lungs going.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

Maybe a skilful bronze face somewhere. Or a small but helpful scholarship for a drama student or singer to study singing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

Is all happiness in the past? Well, the births of three children. And playing with children and grandchildren.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

I would very, very much like to say sorry to my mother, for all the times I told her I hadn’t got the time to talk.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

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