Katherine Parkinson
English actor
An astronaut. I still do.
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A sailor. I wanted to be in the Royal Navy like my grandad.
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David Harewood
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I had no idea. When I was a week away from leaving school, a teacher said, “We’ve been talking in the staffroom and we all think you should be an actor.” I thought, “That’s exactly what I want.” The rest is history.
Rachel Whiteread
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First something medical, then, without any doubt, an artist.
A comedian, and I may have achieved that.
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