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Handing out leaflets for a dry cleaner’s, because no one wanted them and, if people did take them, they just threw them on the floor.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
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Jodie Whittaker
English actress
Working in a soap factory in Huddersfield. I was in my late teens, so I was basically hungover every day.
Magician’s assistant on a cruise ship for two weeks when I was 19. When I was meant to be being levitated, I was silently crying while pretending to be unconscious as I hung limply off a metal pole. It was bleak.
Robbie Williams
English singer
I sold double glazing in Stoke when I was 16. That was for two weeks. Other than that, I’ve never really had a “job”.
Judith Kerr
British writer and illustrator
Secretary to a lawyer. I was sacked after a week.
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Some of my old teachers for disrupting lessons. I was the class clown.
Getting a house. I didn’t think that was a possibility for me. I’ve been able to do amazing things – Netflix, tours, winning a Bafta – but having something you own is hard, so that’s really up there.
I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
Material. I wake up in the middle of the night and write jokes.
I always relate love to happiness.
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