# I'll Never Be The Actor, The Doctor Or The Pilot..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770 "2011-06-17T01:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/1 "2011-06-17T01:18:19Z")
… I wanted to be when I grew up, but I’m a happy boy anyway. I did do a little acting onstage, filmed a political interview, worked as a respiratory therpapist and helped folks get well, took a discovery ride and managed to take off and land a Cessna, and did some skydiving, so I came close to all those things. So what will _you_ never be that you wanted to be and are you okay with that? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/2 "2011-06-17T02:36:34Z")
Writer. I do a lot of writing, but it is the least artistic and imaginative writing possible, and it should be. But every word is still my baby. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/3 "2011-06-17T03:10:12Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I’m a happy boy [Hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZtII8rt_Y) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/4 "2011-06-17T04:14:58Z")
I’ll never be the next [Evel Kneival](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel). I’m ok with that. Those jumps he missed looked like they’d hurt real bad. And I’ve done plenty of other stuff. Performed to sold out houses as an actor, logged 400+ hours in the backseat of various fighters, gone to law school, passed a bar exam, bought a house, and am engaged to The Druidess. Life has it’s challenges, but I’m a lucky man. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/5 "2011-06-17T16:52:42Z")
I’ll never be an Olympic equestrian. I’m a little sad about it. But not so sad that I want to stop living the life I have now. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/6 "2011-06-17T16:56:09Z")
I’ll never be the POTUS or play the lead in Superman. I’m perfectly comfortable now that neither came to fruition, although I did “WTF?” about Christopher Reeves when inexplicably he beat me out for the part. ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/7 "2011-06-17T18:09:45Z")
I’ll never be an astronaut and I am not okay with that. I’d give my right arm to go to space but I suspect they’d require me to have both. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/8 "2011-06-17T18:21:41Z")
I’ll never be a rock star, but I’m OK with that. I’m still producing a CD and that’s fun enough. I’ll never be a major conductor, but I’m OK with that. I’ve given 45 performances of 7 operas to appreciative audiences and had a great time doing it. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/9 "2011-06-17T18:40:43Z")
I’ll never be the next Steve Martin/Robin Williams/Don Rickles. But I’m still a funny guy and I have performed at The Comedy Store. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/10 "2011-06-21T23:44:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZtII8rt_Y) Ha-HA! Love it, **Johnny**!😃 Actually, I have been looking for that song as performed by Peter Noone, formely of Herman’s Hermits. He sang it way back in '93 at an oldies concert. Thanks to everyone who posted in this thread. It is heartening to know that none of you are bitter about not achieving that dream job yet are doing/have done some great stuff!🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/11 "2011-06-22T02:24:51Z")
Give me 10 to 20 years and I’ll get back to yaz. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/12 "2011-06-22T06:05:40Z")
I’ll never be an astronaut. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/13 "2011-06-28T00:26:42Z")
**Zebra** , Probably none of my beeswax, but why not, and how about an associated field in NASA? I wish **I** could work on the Mars program. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/14 "2011-06-28T00:43:50Z")
I’ll never be an astronaut. I don’t have the mentality for being in the military, I’m not from Ohio, I get motion sickness very easily and my eyesight sucks. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/15 "2011-06-28T01:52:20Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I’ll never be an astronaut. I don’t have the mentality for being in the military, I’m not from Ohio, I get motion sickness very easily and my eyesight sucks. Pianist was never in the cards for me; short stubby fingers, poor rhythm, and too analytical. I don’t even count that among my missed dreams. Entertainment novelist, that I could have done - well, tried - but I never did. But I’m satisfied with the writing I do, because I do it well and it needs to be done well. ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-be-the-actor-the-doctor-or-the-pilot/585770/16 "2011-06-28T01:52:36Z")
I will never get to be a dancer on Soul Train. It bums me out a little but mostly it makes me feel old.