Michelle Phan
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SARAH STEELE I remember when I was 6 or 7, me and some of my friends swimming out in our street because the water... JASON WEBSTER When I was growing up I always wanted to be a waitress. My sister opened a restaurant in Mississippi... LACEY CHABERT I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old. BOBBY WOMACK I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it&... ABBEY CLANCY I've got a little arthritis that I have to deal with. I was 6 feet 7 when I started, and I'v... JAMES ARNESS We were driving by the local athletic association in Orange Park, Florida, and there was this sign f... BILLY BUTLER EMMA CLINE OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN When I was 20 years old, my mom flew me for my first Broadway audition for 'The Color Purple,... TODRICK HALL What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I... DANA DAVIS I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years... BOBBY MCFERRIN I'd had (No. 3) since I was 7 years old. I guess it worked out perfect with me and Stafford. They to... BRYAN EVANS Every day is different. I am constantly creating, whether that be for my own YouTube channel and soc... MICHELLE PHAN LEO VARADKAR I wanted to be a doctor, but my mom was like, 'It's really hard and it's going to take 1... CHARICE PEMPENGCO BETH REVIS [The Denim Day was held Friday, Sept. 16, in response to requests from several hospital staff member... DENNIS CASEY Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was ... HAILEE STEINFELD There was a point when I was 15 or 16 that I realized that my father wanted me to be a loner. I deci... MARK VONNEGUT JOYCE MEYER We had been reading about these beatniks who hung out or lived in Greenwich Village, and we wanted t... RICHIE HAVENS Ever since I was 7 years old, I wanted to be great. GLORIA TREVI OWAIN YEOMAN ROBERT PATTINSON I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was thi... KATE LEVERING CHRIS EVANS I was born in 1950, so there were tons of Westerns on TV by the time I was 6, 7, 8 years old. In ter... ED HARRIS DWAYNE JOHNSON After 'The Wonder Years,' I ended up having a voiceover career, which was something I never ... DANIEL STERN GERARD WAY My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing 'Toss It Up' for him when I was 7 years ol... DEMETRIUS SHIPP, JR. RENE RUSSO KENDRA WILKINSON I think I went into poli-sci because I knew there was a stage, plus I thought I wanted to help peopl... DAVID KOECHNER He pushed me to another way. I ended up being a businessman for like 15 years after that. He always ... ENOS CABELL I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. Th... ELLEN POTTER MIKE BIRBIGLIA KANDYSE MCCLURE CHUCK JONES I remember sitting up there in Kentucky just thinking I was so frustrated and mad that I wanted to h... CARL KRAUSER DAISY RIDLEY I always wanted to help other people outside of my job. It's so rewarding being able to get out and ... BILL HENDERSON After 'Life Unexpected' ended, I wanted to do something that was completely different from L... BRITT ROBERTSON When I was 14 years old, I was with my parents at a restaurant. Some people came in and said, 'W... NORA ARNEZEDER She was in and out of the hospital, so I wanted to help her out. HALOTI NGATA There was a period of time when I couldn't seem to get anything. I was on the series 'Daniel... VERONICA CARTWRIGHT MISTY MAY-TREANOR AGNETHA FALTSKOG RACHEL MCADAMS BRENTON THWAITES After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot se... DAVE ANNABLE CHLOE SEVIGNY My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cl... DAN AUERBACH AARON PAUL I was one of those weirdos who, at six years old, was telling everybody that I wanted to be an actor... CHRIS WOOD HOLLY HUNTER When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name k... AARON CARTER When I was 4 years old, I woke up in the middle of the night and told my parents there was a witch c... LAURA AMY SCHLITZ People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry.' I was moving through life at 100 miles an h... ANN CURRY So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to ... PATRICK J. ADAMS My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that fo... EVAN DANDO When I started on the 'Burnett' show, I was just out of high school, and when we went off th... VICKI LAWRENCE BILLIE LOURD I think the very first time I was probably about 6 or 7, ... I went with my father. I think it was a... KYLE EASTWOOD As long as I have the talent and there's a demand for the old Chinese man - whether he's a p... JAMES HONG PETER JACKSON From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always ... GAVIN O'CONNOR I thought he'd be a pretty good prospect. He had the heart and determination to learn. He was kind o... GEORGE LEON When I was four years old, some friends of my family took me to see 'Fantasia' and I was tot... DAVID BOLINSKY I wanted to write an adventure in the old-fashioned way, something to which I could apply the adject... CHRIS WOODING I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That'... T BONE BURNETT When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A ... LAURA BENANTI SEBASTIAN STAN QUEEN LATIFAH My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in thea... ARSENIO HALL FANNIE FLAGG ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He ... CAROL VORDERMAN I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare ... PATRICIA POLACCO VAL KILMER BUSY PHILIPPS I love to fly. I always wanted to fly. It's been one of my dreams since I was 3 years old. I remembe... ELENA ANAYA NEIL PEART [Miller still sounds awed when he recounts almost immediately finding himself in a studio with Davis... MARCUS MILLER I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to p... MAGNUS LARSSON CAMILA ALVES
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I was about 7 or 8 years old and watched Wimbledon, saw her play. I knew I wanted to be there. 
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I was with my mum in the shops, a ladies boutique or something, and I was asked what I wanted to be ... 
Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up... 
I've been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning... 
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Hope is the heartbeat of the soul~ 
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