Andrea Riseborough: What is the worst job you have ever had?

The question

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Andrea Riseborough

British actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Either shredding duck in a Chinese restaurant, or Oblivion.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗

Others on this question

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Jodie Whittaker English actress

Working in a soap factory in Huddersfield. I was in my late teens, so I was basically hungover every day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 September 2018 source ↗

John Simm English musician and actor

Working in a very busy bar in the West End when I was trying to pay my way through drama school. I had to dance in a cage in a vest and cycling shorts to Venus by Bananarama, Greased Lightnin’ and Y.M.C.A. every night. It was excruciating.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2023 source ↗

Viv Albertine Australian-born British musician and writer

In my first job in film, a giant bloke dressed like a sumo wrestler asked me to get his G-string out of his arse. He said he couldn’t reach it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2020 source ↗

Tim Rice English lyricist and author

I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗