Jared Harris: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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

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.

Recorded Jared Harris said elsewhere, not written here

I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Paul O'Grady British comedian, actor and television presenter

To work in a dry cleaner’s.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2021 source ↗

Gareth Bale Welsh footballer

I just wanted to fulfil my potential.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2021 source ↗

Lauren Laverne English radio DJ, and television presenter

I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗

Kim Wilde English pop singer

A pop star: I loved music from a very young age.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗