Julia Ormond: 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.

Julia Ormond

English actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I wouldn’t have hurt as many people, and I would have thought more before speaking.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 March 2021 source ↗

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Steph McGovern Broadcaster

On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗

Siri Hustvedt American novelist, essayist, poet

I would have articulated aloud the comments I too often suppressed out of deference to arrogant, condescending, sexist bores.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2017 source ↗

Mandy Patinkin American actor and singer

I would have been a better listener. I would have pursued more friendships instead of focusing so much on work and myself. I’m doing all that now, but I’m running out of time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2019 source ↗

Richard Coles British musician, writer, presenter and priest