Eddie Marsan: If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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

Recorded Eddie Marsan said elsewhere, not written here

I wouldn't have been a bully and I'd have stood up to more bullies.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

I’d have reported the tutor who asked me to read an essay to him sitting on the toilet as he lay soaping himself in the bath.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

David Jason English actor

Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 May 2021 source ↗

Charlotte Church Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

Trusting some men.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗

I’d be happier being myself younger.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2014 source ↗

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