Lucy Worsley: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

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Recorded Lucy Worsley said elsewhere, not written here

A spy, a witch and a nun.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Billy Porter American actor and singer

The male Whitney Houston.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2021 source ↗

Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser

First a horse rancher, then a dancer.

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

I wanted to be in the WWF – the wrestling one, not the wildlife one.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Joanne Froggatt English actress

An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗

To my brother. When he was a small boy, I made him urinate on an electric fence to see if liquid could really transmit electricity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

In my teens, peeling garlic to make pie filling in a butcher’s shop.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

That I am not a chorus girl in a West End musical.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

I think you can be happy every day, if you are in the flow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

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