Joseph Fiennes: If you could edit your past, what would you change?

The question

If you could edit 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.

Joseph Fiennes

English actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Doc Brown proved that editing the past is disastrous.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

Others on this question

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Paterson Joseph British actor and author

I wouldn’t live so long in France. After eight years, I came back to London.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 February 2020 source ↗

Dermot O'Leary British-Irish television presenter

I had my heart broken a lot in my teens, but I'm not sure I'd change it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2014 source ↗

Julia Ormond English actress

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

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

Francesca Martinez British comedian

My all-girls’ high school. I hated it. Large groups of teenage girls aren’t known for their empathy and kindness. It was a shock to realise that people viewed me as uncool because of the way my body worked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗