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I’ve loved all my jobs, even when I worked at Burger King.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2018 source ↗
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Craig Charles
English actor
Filming a TV show in a field in the snow in February in the Dublin hills for 14 hours; the director said, “We’re not going to get that shot today.”
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
I was a floor model briefly at Bloomingdale’s in New York in 1979. I hated it. When no one was watching, I would lock myself in the toilet and read.
Christmas elf at the Rainforest Cafe.
Charlotte Church
Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
It was a double-edged sword, but being a major-label artist, I felt like a commodity, a thing to be sold.
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I wouldn’t change a thing. Every experience is a lesson learned.
Around the holidays, because I get to spend them with family and friends.
As a human who feels and loves just like everyone else feels and loves.
Professionally, receiving my first Grammy from Whitney Houston.
Aretha Franklin. I mean, she’s Aretha! That says it all.
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