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Wimbledon champion. I won the title frequently when playing against a pebbledash wall at home in Ireland.
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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Emeli Sandé
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I always wanted to be a singer, but I also wanted to be a doctor. I almost got there: I did four years and got my neuroscience BSc.
Adrian Edmondson
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I only ever wanted to be an actor or a rock star. I was suspended from school in the sixth form and allowed back only when I promised to join the army. But I lied.
Harriet Walter
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An actor. When I was really young, I wanted to be a fishmonger’s wife.
Katherine Parkinson
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An astronaut. I still do.
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Unqualified. Also, there’s that strange moment when you’re listening to lyrics on Radio 2 and you think, “Ooh, that’s so deep”.
When I turned 30, married and had a place in Brixton. My flailing twenties were over, though the flailing continues.
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