What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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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.

Recorded Dawn O’Porter said elsewhere, not written here
A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗

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Ashley Jensen Scottish actress and narrator
I did want to be an actor from an early age although I briefly dabbled with the idea of being a vet until I realised you had to stick your hand up a cow’s arse.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2017 source ↗
Rick Astley Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
When I was about 14 and got my first drum kit, I wanted to be a drummer in a band like the Police.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 October 2018 source ↗

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