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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I told my mum I wanted to be a swan.
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A saint. Then a ballerina.
A drummer in a famous band or an astronaut.
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A detective, a train driver on the underground and Leyton Orient’s centre forward.
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