Julian Clary: 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?

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.

Julian Clary

English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

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Adam Kay British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician

I could have done without being sexually assaulted, or having an eating disorder, or pushing myself to breaking point, but every chapter of my life brought me here.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗

George Michael English singer-songwriter

I should have sung with David Gilmour at Carnegie Hall because I'm a massive fan of Pink Floyd.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2014 source ↗

Sofie Gråbøl Danish actress

I'd have a good, encouraging start in school – I think I'd be a different person, with fewer anxiety attacks.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2014 source ↗

Sheena Easton Scottish singer

I read too much science fiction to mess with anything. I’d be terrified that, by changing something, my kids wouldn’t be mine.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2017 source ↗