Matt Goss
English singer-songwriter
I wanted to be like Vidal Sassoon and wear the three-piece suit and be part of pop culture.
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An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
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Jeremy Deller
English artist
More successful with girls.
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.
I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.
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On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
Kind, fun and that I cared.
I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.
Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
Being a decent person.
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