Mark Gatiss: If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

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Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.

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Mark Gatiss

British actor and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

Others on this question

Harry Redknapp English football player and manager

I was probably too cheeky to chairmen over the years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2019 source ↗

Reggie Yates British actor and media personality

How little confidence I had in my late teens and early 20s.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗

Mike Skinner English rapper

I'd have not sung along with Yellow Submarine in that infant school hall.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗

My failures have taught me more than the successes, so not much.

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

Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

A Day In The Life by the Beatles.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

Sherlock being such a worldwide phenomenon.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

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