Mary McCartney: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Mary McCartney said elsewhere, not written here

A nurse, because my grandmother was a midwife. I was named after her but never got to meet her.

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

Others on this question

I haven’t grown up.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗

Adwoa Aboah British fashion model

I wanted to be a cooker. Not a cook: I wanted to actually be the stove.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2019 source ↗

Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗

Joanna Scanlan British actress and writer

An actor or a nun.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2018 source ↗

It feels healthy and it makes your body tingle and you feel excited to be alive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2022 source ↗

Through food, I’ve become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity. I’d have become a quantum physicist!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2022 source ↗

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