A stuntman. Evel Knievel was an icon.
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist
A vet, but I wasn’t smart enough.
A detective. Or a writer. Or a poet.
Dan Stevens
English actor
Jobs that I saw on television, until I realised they were all played by actors – then I wanted to be an actor.
Warwick Davis
English actor
I didn’t have a chance to want to be anything – I became an actor at 11.
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Teachers at my school, for being such a smartarse.
Pyramid Song, by Radiohead, live.
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