Emma Bunton: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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

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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 Emma Bunton said elsewhere, not written here

An English teacher, and then a dance teacher.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

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Bertie Carvel British actor

Luke Skywalker, for a time. After that, I mainly wanted to have a girlfriend one day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 October 2021 source ↗

Mellody Hobson Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments

And all the while I was growing up, of course, there were just constant conversations about money and money being tight and how are we going to make ends meet and sometimes not having enough money. And it really just made me committed to living a life with much more financial security.

Recorded Farai Chideya, News & Notes, Leading Ladies series, NPR, 22 March 2007 source ↗

Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

A magazine editor like Diana Vreeland.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 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 ↗

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Question Which living person do you most admire, and why? Values & belief

My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

Question Who most deserves an apology from you, and why? Failure & regret

To Jade, my other half, because I can be hard work sometimes, and he is the most calm and understanding person I’ve ever met.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

When I was seven or eight, I got run over and was actually under the car, which was scary. I just ran out; it was totally my fault. I was fine – all I got was a tiny scar on my knee.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗