Bob Hoskins: 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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Bob Hoskins

English actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I was never great with girls.

Morwenna Ferrier, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

Others on this question

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Ardal O'Hanlon Irish comedian and actor

I always feel stand-up is a great outlet for people who don’t have any discernible talent in music or sport or sculpture or whatever. It’s a great medium for chancers.

Recorded TNT Magazine, TNT Magazine, 28 March 2011 source ↗

Bertie Carvel British actor

Luke Skywalker, for a time. After that, I mainly wanted to have a girlfriend one day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 October 2021 source ↗

Billy Idol Singer and songwriter

Ever since I saw The Beatles in 1962-63 I started to dream about being in a group. Being on stage, in a group, writing your own songs, it just seemed like they were having a ton amount of fun and there was this huge music explosion.

Recorded Sally Steele, Vegas Rocks Magazine, 6 April 2020 source ↗

Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer

I only ever wanted to be an actor or a rock star. I was suspended from school in the sixth form and allowed back only when I promised to join the army. But I lied.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗