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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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A man. I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don’t like being identified as female: I’m a person.
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An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
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A Yorkshire cricketer, but I wasn’t good enough.
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