Warwick Davis: 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 Warwick Davis said elsewhere, not written here

I didn’t have a chance to want to be anything – I became an actor at 11.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Nick Grimshaw English television and radio presenter

Genuinely, the host of Radio 1’s Breakfast Show.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

A detective. Or a writer. Or a poet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗

Marc Almond English singer

A vet, but then I discovered you needed qualifications.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗

Fay Ripley English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

Donny Osmond’s wife. Still do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗

Still being an actor after 36 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

Our campervan. It’s fully kitted out, sleeps four and lowers down, so we can get in and out easily.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

As an actor who happens to be short.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

This morning, because each day I feel happier.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

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