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Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗
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Brendan Gleeson
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Fixing a municipal sewer pipe.
Edward Enninful
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A shoot with a showbusiness icon who I’d loved all my life and shall remain nameless. She walked into the room and immediately said she hated everything. Things went downhill from there. Rough day.
Melanie Chisholm
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Working in a chip shop when I was 16. I gave my friends massive portions, but the smell was gross.
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An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
Being a decent person.
I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.
Kind, fun and that I cared.
On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
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