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

The question

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

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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Fay Ripley

English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Donny Osmond’s wife. Still do.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗

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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 ↗

Romesh Ranganathan English actor and comedian

A comedian or rapper. You can tell by the way I’m dressed that I’m a frustrated rapper.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗

Madhur Jaffrey Actress, cook, and TV host

A doctor, a painter, an actress.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2021 source ↗

Samuel West British actor, theatre director, and narrator

A DJ. I still do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2020 source ↗