Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 October 2020 source ↗
When I was growing up I wanted to be a minister. I wanted to preach.
A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.
I told my mum I wanted to be a swan.
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
There wasn’t a lot of bullying at my school, but there was a fair amount of ragging – and I knew which side I wanted to be on. I’d say sorry to anyone who felt picked on.
I’d give myself some fashion sense.
Fondly and down the centuries. I think partly what drives writers to write is the yearning for immortality.
Julie Andrews, Sara Pascoe, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Dawn O'Porter, Viv Albertine, Pauline McLynn
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