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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Kathy Burke
British actress
As a kid, discovering my brain wasn't controlled by The Numskulls from The Beezer.
Kiefer Sutherland
British and Canadian actor
Some of my choices were mistakes, so I’d have to say myself.
I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
Kate Mosse
English writer
Not working in another country.
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View profile →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.
I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
Some of my old teachers for disrupting lessons. I was the class clown.
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