Rupert Graves: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Rupert Graves said elsewhere, not written here

I started playing football too old.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Russell Tovey English actor

Never learning to play the piano.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2010 source ↗

Rufus Wainwright Singer, songwriter and composer

Not getting proper dance lessons as a young person. I was a serious flamer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 July 2011 source ↗

Rory Kinnear English actor

Finding cucumber in things is a continual disappointment.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2017 source ↗

I was very sorry to stop at two children – I would have liked to have had a third – and I am very sorry to have got divorced.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗

Remembering to do things in order, because I have to transcend my nature, which is haphazard.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

When I am completely absorbed in something, such as when I pick up my guitar and have a little sing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

I don’t care as long as everyone knows the words and joins in.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

I’d edit out all my gauche incomprehension.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

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