Jenny Agutter: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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.

Recorded Jenny Agutter said elsewhere, not written here

When I was very little, I thought it might be possible to be an angel.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

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Rachel Whiteread English artist

First something medical, then, without any doubt, an artist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Ashley Jensen Scottish actress and narrator

I did want to be an actor from an early age although I briefly dabbled with the idea of being a vet until I realised you had to stick your hand up a cow’s arse.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2017 source ↗

Floella Benjamin British actress, presenter, and peer

A teacher. Teachers can change lives.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2017 source ↗

Kevin Pietersen English cricketer

A pilot or a ranger in the bush.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2019 source ↗