Clive Myrie: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

The question

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.

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Clive Myrie

British journalist, newsreader, and presenter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A tennis player.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

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Marie Kondo Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host

Housewife and mother of three, which I am now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2022 source ↗

Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer

When I was seven I wanted to be a nun. When I was eight, I wanted to be a boy so that I could be anything I wanted. Also, of course, I wanted to be Samantha in Bewitched.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗

Jared Harris

I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2025 source ↗

Engelbert Humperdinck British singer

A saxophonist, but destiny chose another path for me, and I’m glad it happened that way.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 February 2019 source ↗