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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?

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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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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 ↗
Dawn O'Porter British writer, director, and television presenter
A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗
Harriet Walter English actress
An actor. When I was really young, I wanted to be a fishmonger’s wife.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗

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