I tested whistles for the police.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 14 October 2011 source ↗
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David Jason
English actor
Scrabbling about under dusty floorboards as an electrician in my early 20s.
Rory Kinnear
English actor
It’s a toss-up between organising a new filing system at Hammersmith & Fulham social services and relying on tips in the least popular restaurant in London to get through drama school.
Julie Hesmondhalgh
English actress and narrator
I cleaned for a very posh lady in Knightsbridge who made me handwash her knickers. I’d advertised myself in The Lady as a dog walker, so I’m not sure how I ended up there.
Stephen Graham
English actor
I worked in a TGI Fridays when I was 19 and came to London for the first time. It was absolutely horrible and I got fired after two weeks.
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My ex-wife.
I like ironing my socks.
Not having children.
In 1985, in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, sitting on the veranda with my grandmother, people-watching, and listening to poetry and local gossip.
I don't believe in discrimination when it comes to animals.
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