Melissa McCarthy: 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.

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Recorded Melissa McCarthy said elsewhere, not written here

I wanted to make women’s clothing. I also said that I wanted to be an artist; I don’t think I ever said I wanted to be an actress, but I remember thinking that would be fun.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

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Kevin Bacon

Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗

Jeremy Deller English artist

More successful with girls.

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

Olivia Williams British actress

My mother says I had a plan to be a farmer’s wife and a violinist, going to concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in my tractor.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 April 2022 source ↗

Gino D'Acampo Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality

I wanted to be a footballer at first, like any other Neapolitan kid.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗