Eleanor Tomlinson: 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

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.

Recorded Eleanor Tomlinson said elsewhere, not written here

I wanted to be a vet, and then realised it’s only really dogs that I adore, and if someone had a poorly mouse, I would be the one needing medical assistance.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

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Kate Humble

I wanted to be in the circus.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗

Rose McGowan American actress and activist

A mortician – I worked in a funeral home when I was 14.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 December 2018 source ↗

Julie Andrews English actress, singer and author

A botanist or a florist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2019 source ↗

Sharleen Spiteri

An artist, an interior designer and a vet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

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I’m terrified of time. The people I love are getting older and time seems to be going faster and faster. It’s scary. I’d like it to slow down, please.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2024 source ↗