Charles Dance: What is the worst job you have ever had?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Charles Dance

British actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

Ralf Little English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer

For two weeks I worked behind the players’ bar at Bolton Wanderers football club – footballers don’t tip.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Liev Schreiber American actor

Acting – it’s also the best, though.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗

Kiefer Sutherland British and Canadian actor

I’ve been lucky enough to act for 35 years. The only other job I had was as a cook at a drive-in restaurant, and I enjoyed that as well.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2017 source ↗

Laura Kenny English cyclist

I’ve never had a job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗

Realising what I wanted to do as a career – aged about 22.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2009 source ↗

To still be working.