Mark Gatiss: 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 Mark Gatiss 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 ↗

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Kim Wilde English pop singer

There are several boyfriends I wish our paths had not crossed.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗

Adrian Scarborough British actor

The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2022 source ↗

Gareth Bale Welsh footballer

Nothing. Without my past I wouldn’t be who I am today.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2021 source ↗

Christy Turlington Burns American model

I might speed up a few details, but wouldn’t change anything, other than my dad still being here.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2017 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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