Melissa McCarthy: 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 Melissa McCarthy said elsewhere, not written here

I wanted to make women’s clothing. I also said that I wanted to be an artist; I don’t think I ever said I wanted to be an actress, but I remember thinking that would be fun.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2019 source ↗

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Jon Sopel

Professional footballer for Tottenham, or train driver.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2024 source ↗

Charlotte Church Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

A barrister, a vet or a singer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗

John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

When I was growing up I wanted to be a minister. I wanted to preach.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Chicago, 10 June 2004 source ↗

Nish Kumar British stand-up comedian and presenter

Something in comedy. It was either this or Jimi Hendrix.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗