Johanna Konta
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When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world’s number one tennis player.
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Ann Dowd
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A surgeon. I studied pre-med in Holy Cross College for four years and then I went to acting school.
A hairdresser through the week and a star on the weekends.
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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Losing my singing voice. I had to have an operation and unfortunately it was not successful. I’ve not been able to sing since.
I saw a very expensive painting by a wonderful American painter called Charles Burchfield. I really loved it – it hit me in the solar plexus – and I thought if I did three extra concerts on tour, I might be able to afford it. And I did.
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