Dominic Cooper: 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.

Recorded Dominic Cooper said elsewhere, not written here

A librarian. Or a racing driver for Ferrari F1.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Niamh Cusack Irish actress

A saint. Then a ballerina.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗

Romesh Ranganathan English actor and comedian

A comedian or rapper. You can tell by the way I’m dressed that I’m a frustrated rapper.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗

Ivan Lendl Czech and American tennis player

I always wanted to play tennis. Otherwise, I always thought it would be fun to do something in mathematics or physics.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗

Toyah Willcox English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter

A man. I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don’t like being identified as female: I’m a person.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗