In South Africa I washed cars, I danced in parking lots and shopping malls, and was a children’s entertainer.

Gulliver’s Travels at Adelaide Fringe.

Life modelling for a woman who made me recite Shakespeare as I posed. I had a hangover, and it was all a bit much.

Trying to sell frozen food over the phone for a company called American Frozen Foods. It lasted about half an hour. I found myself telling people not to buy too much of it because it could go bad, and my supervisor said, “This job is probably not for you.”

The really terrible things that are happening in the Middle East made me cry for two days after 7 October. All those poor children on both sides.

The first time I remember being truly happy was with my children on Ainsdale beach, not far from Southport. I spent £15 on butties, and we spent the whole day by the sea.

I campaigned for a creative industry regulatory body, and that’s now happening in the next 18 months. It’s called CIISA [Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority]. I’m proud that I set the ball rolling and dared to challenge the establishment.

To be led by love and not judgment.

Antiques and art – I collect 17th‑century portraits.

My stepmother died a few years ago but I didn’t make that last hour to have a conversation with her, so I’d like to say sorry for that.