Eddie Marsan: If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

The question

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

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

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Eddie Marsan

British actor

Recorded 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 ↗

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Tracey Ullman British and American actress

I would have stopped making records after They Don’t Know.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

Esther Rantzen

Maybe I should have agreed to take the job of controller of BBC One when Bill Cotton offered it to me. I do feel a wimp; I would have been the first woman in the job.What do you consider your greatest achievement? I don’t really claim credit, I hope, for helping to launch Childline and the Silver Line and Silver Stories. It is an achievement that they all exist, but that is down to their amazing teams.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2024 source ↗

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 ↗

Tim Rice English lyricist and author