HS
I wanted my own ice-cream van and to be a lollipop lady.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2020 source ↗
The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?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.
Others on this question
View all 197 →A radio journalist or on the till at Marks & Spencer.
Liev Schreiber
American actor
An elevator operator.
Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
An actor. Then I grew out of that and became one by default. Or sort of one: “Not really an actor”, said Michael Billington.
Floella Benjamin
British actress, presenter, and peer
A teacher. Teachers can change lives.
More from Hayley Squires
View profile →Essential, like oxygen.
I worked in a call centre. I would go clubbing on a Saturday with my brother and my mates, get home for five or six in the morning, and then have to be at work at 8am.
Two friends who work for the NHS, Jason and Kate. One is a paramedic and one has been moved to work in an ICU.
A driving licence.
More on identity & self
- What do you fear most? 256 answers
- Which trait in yourself do you like least? 239 answers
- What most recently moved you to tears? 192 answers
- What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? 158 answers
- How would you sum yourself up in three words? 114 answers
- What fills you with the most pride? 103 answers
Also answered this
Ann Dowd, Jennifer Hudson, Michelle Dockery, Madhur Jaffrey, Jessica Raine, Tracy-Ann Oberman
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject