David Harewood
British actor and presenter
I was a bailiff for half a morning. I couldn’t stand it.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I was younger, I appeared in the Halifax adverts that featured a cake or a bridge made of hundreds of people. You stood there for three days and were not even really seen.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
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Jack Whitehall
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It’s also one of the best jobs I’ve done, but two hours in, when everyone’s pissed and ignoring you, hosting the Brit awards can be a tough gig.
Bill Bailey
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Telesales. I refused to wear a tie, but my argument that “They can’t see what we’re wearing” didn’t wash with the manager and I lasted a week.
Carlos Acosta
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Selling stolen mangoes to pay for a cinema ticket, aged eight.
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To Jade, my other half, because I can be hard work sometimes, and he is the most calm and understanding person I’ve ever met.
My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
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