A writer. Always.
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Roger Allam
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When I was a child, it was a bus driver or engine driver; then, when I was a teenager, I went to the theatre and wanted to be an actor.
Dominic West
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I wanted to race cars.
Ali Abbasi
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I always wanted to be a pilot
An actor. I watched a lot of TV because we lived in the countryside and the weather was so bad.
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