Guy Pearce: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Guy Pearce said elsewhere, not written here

I felt like I messed up my marriage. I don’t feel that way any more, but at the time I was devastated.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

Jaime Winstone English actress

England losing the World Cup.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2012 source ↗

Ed Balls British broadcaster and politician

That my competitive pole vault career ended at the age of 15.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 November 2008 source ↗

Paul O'Grady British comedian, actor and television presenter

Too many of my friends, family and peers dying.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2009 source ↗

Jonnie Peacock British athlete

I try not to have disappointments, because a lot of the bad things that happen in life teach you things.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗

I wish I could go back and not be the anxious child that I was. I spent the first 25 years of my life just trying to survive human interaction.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

A guitar – a 1959 Gibson 335.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

If I’ve spent money that I shouldn’t have or treated someone badly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

My fear of confrontation.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗

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