70 People Ages 5-75 Answer: What Do You Most Regret?

[Interviewer] What is your biggest regret?

I went to the playground and I wanna go again today.

No.

I wish I have never met that mean mean girl.

I do wish I was still in ice skating class.

Teasing my sister, because she sometimes hits me.

Getting angry at my family sometimes.

One time by accident, I kicked someone.

Nothing.

Can't think of anything, I got no regrets.

Not spending more time with my oldest brother

before he went to college.

Probably not trying as hard, when I was younger,

with grades.

Getting in a huge fight with my best friend

since I was two years old.

Not being more open to things.

Not letting...

My grandmother know how much I loved her.

I regret going to a, an acting conservatory,

my senior year in high school.

I regret taking myself too seriously

when I was in high school.

I don't.

Not...

Taking chances.

When my aunt died,

I wasn't there

and she was a really important part of my life.

Not thinking before I speak more frequently

in my day to day life.

Not getting to know my father more before he died.

I wish I knew what I really wanted to do, earlier.

Not getting into computer science at an earlier age.

Having a better relationship with my family as a teenager.

Not taking school as seriously as I should've.

My parents got me tickets, for Christmas,

to see Sweeney Todd.

I denied the tickets

and my best friend went with another friend.

I kinda regret that.

I should've seen that musical with her.

Chances to speak up for other people

or to stop people from being bullied.

Not taking more advantage of my college experience.

Not trying out for as many sports,

as I could've in high school.

Kind of pissing away my 20s.

See, I have many regrets but I am where I am

because of them so I wouldn't change anything.

Not having taken a gap year before going to college.

Not saying sorry more often.

That I didn't stick to dance classes

when I was growing up.

Because I love to dance

but I just missed out on a lot of technique.

No regrets.

I try to live without regrets.

I think everything that I've done has been for a purpose.

Regret not finishing college.

I don't regret anything.

I don't believe in them.

Not following my dreams earlier in life.

Not saying the things that I really want to say.

Not staying single longer.

Being mean, sometimes.

I wish I knew when I was younger...

How wonderful I was?

That I probably should've gone to Columbia University,

first.

I kinda moved around a lot,

while my kids were little.

And I sort of regret not being in maybe one,

or at least two, solid places.

Not keeping touch with people

I probably should've kept in touch with.

What do I regret the most?

My second marriage.

Having not appreciated being young when I was younger.

Not going to Fort Lauderdale on Spring Break

when I was in college.

(laughs)

Not giving my father more ice cream before he died.

Not listening to myself...

At times in life when I should have.

I don't have too many regrets.

Having had a problem with drugs and alcohol 25 years ago.

Maybe not paying more attention when I was younger.

Not having a larger family.

I can't say I have any regrets.

That my mother didn't live long enough

for me to take her to Paris.

Probably not having spent more time with my parents

but they weren't here.

Being frightened of so many things when I was younger.

Saying no to things,

has a ripple effect in my life.

That I didn't get sober sooner.

For not knowing when I was younger, what I know now.

Trusting people too much and too long

when they've let me down a few times.

I regret my career choices, early in life.

Not having finished a novel,

at this point.

I regret not joining the Peace Corps

when I graduated from college.

Not having followed my dream to be an entertainer

when I was younger.

I do regret that I didn't think I'd be a good parent.

I needed to be in a position where I,

we had to file for a divorce.

'Cause I think that affected my daughter greatly.

I think that was the only choice I had.

But somehow I wish that could've been different.

That I would've known

when I was younger,

what I know now.

That I didn't do all the things that I wanted to do.

Like going into acting much earlier.