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I wanted to be a fur trapper. No young kid dreams of becoming a businessman.
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An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗
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Edmund Hillary
Mountaineer and explorer; first ascent of Everest, 1953
I really had no idea whatsoever. I feel that my life developed as I went along. I was never one of those people who, at an early age, had picked an objective and worked steadily towards it. All I knew was that I wanted to get involved in adventurous activity. I didn’t have any specific type of activity in mind, but I wanted to do things that were exciting and adventurous. I had a fairly diffused feeling as to what precisely it should be.
A dress designer.
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View profile →I’d change my mindset and not be so hard on myself, and impart the knowledge that other people’s intentions aren’t always as well-meaning as my own.
Being a decent person.
On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
Kind, fun and that I cared.
I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.
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