Rob Lowe: What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Rob Lowe

American actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

That I wasn't able to stay on The West Wing longer.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

Lolita Chakrabarti British actress and writer

That my first play, Red Velvet, took so many years to be done. It took me seven years to write and then five years to get to the stage.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2022 source ↗

Charlotte Church Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

The outcome of the Leveson inquiry.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗

Richard Hawley English musician

That my dad didn't live to let me share my present success with him – we just ran out of time, Pop.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2011 source ↗

Dominic West English actor

My singing career.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 December 2018 source ↗

Any of the many times I have sat on my lawn with my wife, watching the boys play on a summer evening.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2011 source ↗

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