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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
An artist, an interior designer and a vet.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗
To be looked at.
A travel agent, so I could see the world.
A detective, a train driver on the underground and Leyton Orient’s centre forward.
As a child, Munro was constantly telling herself stories. One of the first was “The Little Mermaid,” by Hans Christian Anderson, whose ending she couldn’t bear.
Feeling so helpless. You feel that governments should be making better choices; people are speaking out and nothing seems to be done about it.
Schemes. I hate schemers.
Not being in pain – I have back problems and had shoulder surgery just before Christmas and there isn’t a day that goes by when I am not in pain.
When I was little, a couple of rapes took place in Glasgow. I remember my mum saying to walk in the middle of the pavement, and to this day I am very conscious of where I am.
Turning on the news.
Uncontrollable, wonderful.
Melissa McCarthy, Suzanne Vega, Julia Ormond, Yogi Berra, Rose McGowan, Kevin Bacon
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