Kate Mosse: 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 Kate Mosse said elsewhere, not written here

First I wanted to be in the circus, then a tap dancer, then prime minister. I have failed at all three.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

An artist, an interior designer and a vet.

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

Emilia Fox English actress and presenter

A cellist, inspired by my mum and dad’s friendship with Jacqueline du Pré, and seeing a documentary about her.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 October 2018 source ↗

Armistead Maupin American writer

Not a lawyer, which was what I told everyone, because my father wanted me to be one.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗

That rather assumes I have grown up.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2024 source ↗

Last night, watching Grey’s Anatomy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2022 source ↗

Not working in another country.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2022 source ↗

Thinking about all the things I have failed to do during the day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2022 source ↗

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