The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
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A visual artist.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2024 source ↗
An actor or a nun.
A librarian. Or a racing driver for Ferrari F1.
I didn’t have a chance to want to be anything – I became an actor at 11.
When I was about 14 and got my first drum kit, I wanted to be a drummer in a band like the Police.
I would have been OK with feeling shy. In my teenage years, I thought being an actor meant that you had to be a little more performative.
Completely nuts.
I once asked a young woman if she had ever heard of the musician Laura Marling, insinuating I knew Laura Marling, to which she replied: “I am Laura Marling.”
People give me a hard time about my hats. Over Christmas, this drunk woman shouted something about me having a shit hat because I had a red beanie on. Last week at a party, someone gave me a hard time for wearing a cap. I just think about melting ice caps when this happens.
I’m actually looking forward to getting older.
Two sturdy teeth.
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