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.
I haven’t grown up.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗
I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.
Professional footballer for Tottenham, or train driver.
An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
A librarian. Or a racing driver for Ferrari F1.
Maybe in the 1990s, but I was so selfish at the time, I wouldn’t really have noticed what was going on.
I got seduced by being a pop star, and why wouldn’t I? I think I could have made a few more career moves with films. But I was nervous. How do you move forward as an actor creatively if you are just appealing to teenage girls?
Hardworking, authentic and honest.
Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
Healthy body and a healthy mind – very simple.
My relationship with drugs.
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