Terry O'Neill: What has been your biggest disappointment?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

This exact question recurs in The Guardian's institutional Q&A pool.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Terry O'Neill said elsewhere, not written here

Not photographing Marilyn Monroe.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 January 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Donna Tartt American novelist and writer

I was very disappointed when I realised I was never going to be an Olympic gymnast, but that was a long time ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2013 source ↗

Danny DeVito American actor, comedian and filmmaker

That the US, Britain and all these other bozos are still fighting wars all over the world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2013 source ↗

Pamela Anderson Canadian-American actress and model

That after I collected countless signatures on a petition, the Queen's Guard still wear bearskin hats.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2008 source ↗

Serena Williams United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022

Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2021 source ↗