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If I had any ambition, it was to keep putting “actor” on my tax form.
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The speaker presents their ambition as simple and practical: to continue working as an actor. Mentioning an “actor” on a tax form makes the point deliberately ordinary and official. It suggests that success was not defined by fame or grand achievements, but by being able to keep claiming acting as their profession.
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