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A spy, a witch and a nun.
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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John Malkovich
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A baseball pitcher.
Ian Rankin
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In my teens, an accountant. In my 20s, either a rock star or a novelist.
I wanted to be in the WWF – the wrestling one, not the wildlife one.
Dawn O'Porter
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A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.
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