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A mortician – I worked in a funeral home when I was 14.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 December 2018 source ↗
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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I just wanted to fulfil my potential.
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I didn’t have a chance to want to be anything – I became an actor at 11.
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I always wanted to be a singer.
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