Joanne Froggatt
English actress
An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
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A botanist or a florist.
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Mary McCartney
English photographer and cookbook author
A nurse, because my grandmother was a midwife. I was named after her but never got to meet her.
Romesh Ranganathan
English actor and comedian
A comedian or rapper. You can tell by the way I’m dressed that I’m a frustrated rapper.
Ann Patchett
American author
A writer. Always.
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Something triumphant, I couldn’t tell you what but something vibrant and joyous.
I saw a very expensive painting by a wonderful American painter called Charles Burchfield. I really loved it – it hit me in the solar plexus – and I thought if I did three extra concerts on tour, I might be able to afford it. And I did.
I interrupt too much.
I think I over-apologise as it is.
In London. When Blake [Edwards, her husband since 1969] made me laugh so much I wept. Blake says I slept with a smile.
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