ANGELA SCANLON
I was really into Irish dancing when I was a teenager. I’m one of four girls, and my mum got us into dancing. I was pretty good at it. I danced competitively and travelled a good bit with it, so my whole social scene was built around that. It was my real passion. Most people in my age group would have been nudged into Irish dancing classes in one way or another – in the local hall or at school – it was pretty compulsory in the 1980s. I was a lively kid, so this was an outlet for me to play and hang out with loads of other little mad eggs. I forget how much I love dancing until I let loose at a wedding – I really need to sign up for Strictly to unleash that beast again.
It is quite a bizarre question to ask a child – what will you with Diane Keaton – a classic movie, underrated – and thinking this woman is an absolute badass. In her suit in the boardroom then leaving with her baby, moving to a country house and setting up an incredible business. So if I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would say: “I want to be a businesswoman in a turquoise convertible with my hair blowing in the wind!” A bit of me wanted to set up an empire. It was a strong vision. There was a sense that I had quite big ideas about myself, but I wasn’t sure where to channel them for many years.
