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An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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Julian Lloyd Webber
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A detective, a train driver on the underground and Leyton Orient’s centre forward.
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A spy, a witch and a nun.
Rosanna Arquette
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A ballet dancer, and for a while I wanted to teach children with Down’s syndrome.
Hayley Atwell
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An adult, as quickly as possible. I wasn’t built for the psychological warfare of the playground.
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My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
My buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
I had a cafeteria job, serving food, and some people were really nasty. There was a stack of nice, cool plates, and a stack of hotter plates that had just come out of the kitchen. So, if a person was an arsehole, I’d hand them a hot plate with a smile and watch them deal with it.
Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
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