Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
An actor. Then I grew out of that and became one by default. Or sort of one: “Not really an actor”, said Michael Billington.
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I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.
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A hairdresser through the week and a star on the weekends.
Rachel Whiteread
English artist
First something medical, then, without any doubt, an artist.
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View profile →A temp job at BT. I still have nightmares about ADSL lines. I still don’t know what one is. I would find myself on national conference calls being questioned about ADSL lines and told that the problem was in London. I would try not to breathe so they would forget I was there.
The day I got accepted by Rada and the day I found out I was pregnant, both a long time coming. I am a late bloomer.
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