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A DJ. I still do.
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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An actor. Then I grew out of that and became one by default. Or sort of one: “Not really an actor”, said Michael Billington.
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I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.
Shirley Manson
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A ballerina. I remain rather disappointed that I became a rock star instead.
Mary McCartney
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A nurse, because my grandmother was a midwife. I was named after her but never got to meet her.
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