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 ↗

Others on this question

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 ↗

I’d drink less alcohol in the 90s.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗

Jeremy Vine English presenter and journalist

I’d stop my teenage self worrying about how my life was going to pan out.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗

Edward Fox British actor

The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 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 ↗

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

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

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