I wanted to be a cooker. Not a cook: I wanted to actually be the stove.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2019 source ↗
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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Marc Almond
English singer
A vet, but then I discovered you needed qualifications.
Eleanor Tomlinson
English actress
I wanted to be a vet, and then realised it’s only really dogs that I adore, and if someone had a poorly mouse, I would be the one needing medical assistance.
Jeremy Deller
English artist
More successful with girls.
Dawn O'Porter
British writer, director, and television presenter
A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.
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They are already things I work on: routine and less sugar.
On a walking safari in the middle of the Kenyan bush. I had no phone, no mirror, nothing, and I was really happy because I had no distractions.
The whole of The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.
For persevering, and being a good role model.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – everything she writes speaks to me. Her Ted talk, We Should All Be Feminists, inspired everything I do with Gurls Talk.
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