Chipping rust off a crane.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 March 2009 source ↗
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Joanne Froggatt
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Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
I’ve enjoyed every single job, including working at my dad’s chicken shop selling potato gems (fried potato circles) to the surfer dudes.
Craig David
British singer
Selling double glazing.
Jennifer Hudson
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I’ve loved all my jobs, even when I worked at Burger King.
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Breathlessness.
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Retiring from playing rugby.
I don't like people who are selfish.
As a kid I used to fantasize about being Clayton Moore, the masked hero in The Lone Ranger. I’m much too old to play him now – I’d have to be the baddie who he kills – although I do have a horse as King Arthur, well someone clopping along behind me with a pair of coconuts.
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