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Working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in Shoreditch, London.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗
When I was a teenager, I worked in a vegetable shop on Saturdays, and the guy had a rotation of 10 pretty teenagers working for him and was really sleazy. I only went twice because the second time he made me go up to his flat above the shop and clean his toilet, and he was watching me.
Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.
The worst was as a butcher, aged 17.
Maybe That’s Your Problem, a musical about premature ejaculation. It closed after only 18 performances.
My mum [the actor, Sally Dynevor] in so many ways. She is the real definition of a superwoman to me.
That everything happens for a reason.
Silly, loving and, as an Aries, passionate.
Every time I go on a plane I feel awful about it. So for me, and everyone in the world, being able to board an electric plane would be really cool.
When you’re younger you confuse love with chaos and passion and, as I’ve gotten older, I realise that love is the opposite: it’s peace and it feels safe, like home.
I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
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