Jeremy Deller: 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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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Jeremy Deller said elsewhere, not written here

More successful with girls.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

Matt Goss English singer-songwriter

I wanted to be like Vidal Sassoon and wear the three-piece suit and be part of pop culture.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 March 2022 source ↗

Gareth Bale Welsh footballer

I just wanted to fulfil my potential.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2021 source ↗

Anna Friel English actress

A barrister or a pop star.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

The Doctor in Doctor Who. I still do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Jüngling (1917) by Erich Heckel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2020 source ↗

Either Stevie Wonder or Willie Nelson. Hopefully, no explanation required.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2020 source ↗

Highwayman by the Highwaymen.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2020 source ↗

Three squaddies on a train in 1995.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2020 source ↗

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