Edward Fox: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

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Recorded Edward Fox said elsewhere, not written here

To be able to play the piano like Artur Schnabel.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 source ↗

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Julian Lloyd Webber British cellist and conductor

A detective, a train driver on the underground and Leyton Orient’s centre forward.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗

Zoe Ball British TV and radio personality

I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗

Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984

I know that for a very long time my consuming passion, which was confirmed when I contracted TB — I had TB when I was about 12 or so — was I wanted to be a physician and when I got TB I was even more determined. I want to be physician so that I can find a cure for the scourge. And, in fact, I was admitted to medical school. If we had had the funds maybe today I would have been a physician.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

Father John Misty American musician

A mutant turtle ninja.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗