Cybill Shepherd: If you could edit your past, what would you change?

If you could edit your past, what would you change?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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

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

Recorded Cybill Shepherd said elsewhere, not written here

I would not toy with people's affections as much.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

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Juliet Stevenson

I would find a much better way of looking after my mum in her last three years of dementia. I did my best, but it was incredibly difficult to find the right kind of care unless you’ve got £3,000 a week to spend.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 May 2026 source ↗

Kiefer Sutherland British and Canadian actor

I would take things a little slower.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2017 source ↗

Marina Diamandis

I would get therapy in my early 20s.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗

Ice-T American rapper and actor

To be born independently wealthy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗