The question
What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
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Mucking out pigs on a farm when I was 15.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗
Los diferentes trabajos en los que he estado, después de mi graduación, han sido de 100 y 120 horas a la semana, especialmente empezando con Nubank. Básicamente vivía en el lugar de trabajo. Empezamos la compañía en una casa de dos pisos. Mi cofundador vivía en el segundo piso. Yo básicamente dormía en el primer piso, o pasaba muchas noches en el primer piso. No salimos de esa casa por seis o 12 meses porque trabajábamos como locos.
A kitchen porter at some big telecom office in Wimbledon. I was also a kitchen porter at L’Escargot and, while I was there, a model for Gilbert and George. It was a quick £15 and they were terribly nice.
Picking tiny bits of glass out of long grass for Haringey council, 45 years ago.
Selling low-grade cookery books in west London office buildings.
Not playing James Bond.
My first wife, because I left her.
Every actor has the same fear – ie, you’re never going to work again.
That’s the 64-million-dollar question.
The king – because he’s been through quite a bit and I think he’s come out the other side brilliantly.
I was about six years old in a market square in Italy and my dad said, “Oh, those shorts would look perfect on you.” So he whipped my trousers off and I hadn’t got any knickers on.
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