Warwick Davis: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

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Recorded Warwick Davis said elsewhere, not written here

I didn’t have a chance to want to be anything – I became an actor at 11.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

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Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984

I know that for a very long time my consuming passion, which was confirmed when I contracted TB — I had TB when I was about 12 or so — was I wanted to be a physician and when I got TB I was even more determined. I want to be physician so that I can find a cure for the scourge. And, in fact, I was admitted to medical school. If we had had the funds maybe today I would have been a physician.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

Jim Kerr Scottish singer and songwriter

In the Beatles.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗

Terry O'Neill British photographer

A jazz drummer.

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

Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer

I only ever wanted to be an actor or a rock star. I was suspended from school in the sixth form and allowed back only when I promised to join the army. But I lied.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗