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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

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Alice Munro My favorite writer is Alice Munro—all of her books. She’s a tremendous writer and has taught me so much about writing.
As a child, Munro was constantly telling herself stories. One of the first was “The Little Mermaid,” by Hans Christian Anderson, whose ending she couldn’t bear.
Recorded Andrea Walker, The New Yorker, 4 October 2008 source ↗
Tracy-Ann Oberman Actor and writer
An actress. My family thought it was ridiculous, it was like saying you wanted to be an astronaut.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 August 2021 source ↗
Gregg Wallace English broadcaster and writer
A sailor. I wanted to be in the Royal Navy like my grandad.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 April 2022 source ↗

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret
When I was 19 I worked at a gay bar while I was at drama school in London. One of the guys I worked with was Glaswegian and I learned the dialect from him. The acting teacher at the school said, “Liev, you’ve got the region but you’ve missed the character entirely” because I played Jimmy Boyle in a very camp Glaswegian accent.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗

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