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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 ↗
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I wanted to be a prosthetic makeup artist after watching A Nightmare On Elm Street.
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Most days, I wanted to be Albrecht in the classical ballet Giselle, dancing until I dropped dead.
Clive Myrie
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A tennis player.
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A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
When I was 14 I went up for Juliet with Zeffirelli and I was hugely disappointed that I didn’t get that.
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