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| 'When I was seven I wanted to be' | 'When I was seven I wanted to be' |
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| As the government announces plans to introduce career advice for seven-year-olds, what did some of the UK's famous names want to be when they were small children? | As the government announces plans to introduce career advice for seven-year-olds, what did some of the UK's famous names want to be when they were small children? |
| VINCE CABLE - LIB DEM TREASURY SPOKESMAN | VINCE CABLE - LIB DEM TREASURY SPOKESMAN |
| Mr Cable was a chief economist for Shell before becoming an MP | Mr Cable was a chief economist for Shell before becoming an MP |
| "I saw myself as a big game warden in Africa. I was very excited by all the films and pictures of big animals as a child. | "I saw myself as a big game warden in Africa. I was very excited by all the films and pictures of big animals as a child. |
| I wanted to travel the world and go to exciting places like that for adventures. | I wanted to travel the world and go to exciting places like that for adventures. |
| "I don't think I knew what an economist was, then." | "I don't think I knew what an economist was, then." |
| WILL YOUNG - SINGER | WILL YOUNG - SINGER |
| Will Young has had four number ones during his career | Will Young has had four number ones during his career |
| "I wanted to be a singer. Always wanted to be a singer. | "I wanted to be a singer. Always wanted to be a singer. |
| "Or a vet. Wasn't about the money, it was a passion. I love singing and I love animals. | "Or a vet. Wasn't about the money, it was a passion. I love singing and I love animals. |
| "I'd still do it now. Maybe the new David Attenborough." | "I'd still do it now. Maybe the new David Attenborough." |
| ANDY McNAB - WRITER, FORMER MEMBER OF SAS | ANDY McNAB - WRITER, FORMER MEMBER OF SAS |
| Former SAS man Andy McNab refuses to be identified in photographs | Former SAS man Andy McNab refuses to be identified in photographs |
| "I wanted to work on the docks in London, which is what everyone on the estate did, or be a Tube or bus driver, which was a good job. I also wanted to become a panel beater but I didn't know what it meant really, but they seemed to earn a lot. | |
| "Everything revolved around the estate, what dads did, if they had a car, all the normal things like if their kids had Levi jeans, it meant they were rich, so you wanted to do what they did." | "Everything revolved around the estate, what dads did, if they had a car, all the normal things like if their kids had Levi jeans, it meant they were rich, so you wanted to do what they did." |
| SIAN WILLIAMS - BBC NEWS PRESENTER | SIAN WILLIAMS - BBC NEWS PRESENTER |
| Sian Williams began her journalistic career with BBC Radio Merseyside | Sian Williams began her journalistic career with BBC Radio Merseyside |
| "I wanted to be a ballet dancer. It was unusual for me, because I wasn't a particularly girly girl. But it turned out I wasn't good enough for the classes and I left after quite a short time, and that was the end of my ballet career. | "I wanted to be a ballet dancer. It was unusual for me, because I wasn't a particularly girly girl. But it turned out I wasn't good enough for the classes and I left after quite a short time, and that was the end of my ballet career. |
| "If the seven-year-old me saw what I was doing now, she would be gobsmacked. In school plays I was never Mary, I was always an angel, never at the front of the stage. I didn't have enormous amounts of confidence." | "If the seven-year-old me saw what I was doing now, she would be gobsmacked. In school plays I was never Mary, I was always an angel, never at the front of the stage. I didn't have enormous amounts of confidence." |
| PAUL COLLINGWOOD - ENGLAND CRICKETER | PAUL COLLINGWOOD - ENGLAND CRICKETER |
| Collingwood is England's one day and Twenty20 captain | Collingwood is England's one day and Twenty20 captain |
| "My answer is quite boring. I wanted to be a cricketer, it was my life from a very young age, around three. That, or a PE teacher. I always thought they had a great job. | "My answer is quite boring. I wanted to be a cricketer, it was my life from a very young age, around three. That, or a PE teacher. I always thought they had a great job. |
| "I'm glad I didn't take advice from my careers adviser. They told me to get my head round the fact I had no chance of becoming a cricketer and stick to my academic work." | "I'm glad I didn't take advice from my careers adviser. They told me to get my head round the fact I had no chance of becoming a cricketer and stick to my academic work." |
| EDWINA CURRIE - CONSERVATIVE MP AND NOVELIST | EDWINA CURRIE - CONSERVATIVE MP AND NOVELIST |
| Edwina Currie was an MP from 1983 until 1997 | Edwina Currie was an MP from 1983 until 1997 |
| "I wanted to be a writer. I tried to write my first novel when I was eight. It was about a horse. I'd just read a wonderful story called "My Friend Flicker" and I thought I could write a sequel. | "I wanted to be a writer. I tried to write my first novel when I was eight. It was about a horse. I'd just read a wonderful story called "My Friend Flicker" and I thought I could write a sequel. |
| "I got about a page in when I realised that I didn't know anything about horses, and I didn't know anything about the far West where it was set. | "I got about a page in when I realised that I didn't know anything about horses, and I didn't know anything about the far West where it was set. |
| "I've now written 10 books, six of them novels, so I've done it." | "I've now written 10 books, six of them novels, so I've done it." |