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Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Russell Howard
British comedian and presenter
I wouldn’t lose my virginity at an army camp and then roll over on to an ants’ nest.
Moments of vanity, carelessness and unkindness.
Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
I'd edit out all the wrong people I surrounded myself with socially and professionally whom I thought I had to tolerate.
Ronnie Wood
English rock musician
All the hanging about.
More from David Jason
View profile →Diving in the Virgin Islands. I lost sight of the boat and had to swim to a tiny, deserted island. After a great deal of time, the rescue boat saw me waving for my life on the rocks.
Dreaming that I am about to go on stage or set but haven’t got the right script.
Warmth and security.
At the time, not landing the role of Lance-Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army, but it all worked out fine in the long run.
Scrabbling about under dusty floorboards as an electrician in my early 20s.
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