What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I had dreams of becoming the first scouse pope. Unfortunately, the girls got to me first.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 January 2026 source ↗