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Genuinely, the host of Radio 1’s Breakfast Show.
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
An actor. Then I grew out of that and became one by default. Or sort of one: “Not really an actor”, said Michael Billington.
Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
I didn’t want to be anything because I don’t look ahead. Even as a kid I thought it was pointless.
Joanne Froggatt
English actress
An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
Jess Phillips
British politician
The prime minister.
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When I was doing A-levels, I worked in a factory that made homework diaries, which was fine until they banned talking and the radio.
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