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Maybe That’s Your Problem, a musical about premature ejaculation. It closed after only 18 performances.
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Terence Conran
British restaurateur and designer
When I was 19, I washed up in the basement of a Paris restaurant that stank of rotted food. I did it for six months, until I was promoted to vegetable boy.
Melanie Chisholm
British pop singer
Working in a chip shop when I was 16. I gave my friends massive portions, but the smell was gross.
Living in a campervan for a week with Timmy Mallett for a children’s TV show about 40 years ago.
Liev Schreiber
American actor
Acting – it’s also the best, though.
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The Queen. Long may she reign.
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
One night in Cats, I missed my footing and nearly plunged more than 30ft. As if by magic, the stage manager’s hand appeared and winched me from certain death.
To be working still.
If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
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