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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗
When I was at school, I had a summer job where I had to buff blocks of plastic for a display unit. The factory only remembered to give us masks on day three.
I just hate to work, so I can’t choose one.
I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.
Selling stolen mangoes to pay for a cinema ticket, aged eight.
Falling flat on my face in Billy Elliot on Boxing Day when I was 14. I fell smack bang at the end of my number. I was mortified.
A Vivienne Westwood & Burberry two-piece suit I bought for a press night. At the time I was: “Yeah, of course I’m going to be a 30-inch waist for the rest of my life.” Now the trousers don’t fit.
Bad personal hygiene.
An extra day in the week when no one can contact you.
I really hope there is a big pearly gate.
Racial and homophobic slurs – the F- and N-words. When I moved to London, people screamed the F-word from their cars, and that stings.
Chaka Khan, Guz Khan, Justin Hawkins, Julian Lennon, Michelle Collins, Frank Bowling
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