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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Niamh Cusack
Irish actress
Never making it into a Sondheim musical.
I bought a BMW 7 series and my best mate said: “I don’t think you should buy this, bro, it’s too cheap.” And I said: “Let’s live the dream” and put my foot down hard on the accelerator and the bottom of the engine and the gearbox blew out.
Sue Townsend
English writer and humorist
Losing my independence.
Alison Moyet
English singer
I am my biggest disappointment.
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I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
I always relate love to happiness.
Getting a house. I didn’t think that was a possibility for me. I’ve been able to do amazing things – Netflix, tours, winning a Bafta – but having something you own is hard, so that’s really up there.
Handing out leaflets for a dry cleaner’s, because no one wanted them and, if people did take them, they just threw them on the floor.
Material. I wake up in the middle of the night and write jokes.
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