Edward Fox: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Edward Fox said elsewhere, not written here

To be able to play the piano like Artur Schnabel.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 source ↗

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Anna Friel English actress

A barrister or a pop star.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

Jenny Agutter English actress

When I was very little, I thought it might be possible to be an angel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗

Bertie Carvel British actor

Luke Skywalker, for a time. After that, I mainly wanted to have a girlfriend one day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 October 2021 source ↗

Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984

I know that for a very long time my consuming passion, which was confirmed when I contracted TB — I had TB when I was about 12 or so — was I wanted to be a physician and when I got TB I was even more determined. I want to be physician so that I can find a cure for the scourge. And, in fact, I was admitted to medical school. If we had had the funds maybe today I would have been a physician.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗