Omid Djalili: 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.

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Omid Djalili

British stand-up comedian and actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I'd edit out all the wrong people I surrounded myself with socially and professionally whom I thought I had to tolerate.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Others on this question

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Robert Carlyle Scottish actor

I'd have concentrated a bit more at school and maybe gone to university rather than drama school.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗

Judy Murray Scottish tennis coach

When I was 17, I was offered a tennis scholarship at the University of Virginia. I wish I had been brave enough to take it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗

Belinda Carlisle American singer

I wouldn’t take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends that I’d edit out of my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗

Steve Pemberton British actor and comedian

Nothing – haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? I could find myself still collecting glasses in Charnock Richard while Donald Sutherland would be enjoying my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2019 source ↗