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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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Gregg Wallace
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A sailor. I wanted to be in the Royal Navy like my grandad.
Dan Stevens
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Jobs that I saw on television, until I realised they were all played by actors – then I wanted to be an actor.
Sounds cliched, but I always wanted to be an actor.
Aidan Gillen
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A stuntman. Evel Knievel was an icon.
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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.
On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
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.
Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
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