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The back end of a horse in panto in Newcastle in 1979.
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What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
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Paterson Joseph
British actor and author
Pressing uniforms in a laundry. I was 14. I lied about my age and said I was 16, even though I probably looked about 12.
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.
Double-glazing sales when I was about 16 – on the phone, cold calling. Horrendous.
Emma Bunton
British singer
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.
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Lack of confidence.
That I’m still here.
That I wasn’t quite as arrogant when I got successful.
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