David Arquette: 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

The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.

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David Arquette

American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

When I was young, selling maps to stars’ homes in Hollywood, somebody flashed their wiener at me. It was traumatising.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

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Robbie Williams English singer

I sold double glazing in Stoke when I was 16. That was for two weeks. Other than that, I’ve never really had a “job”.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗

Liam Gallagher English singer-songwriter

Digging holes in Manchester in January.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 October 2017 source ↗

Kiefer Sutherland British and Canadian actor

I’ve been lucky enough to act for 35 years. The only other job I had was as a cook at a drive-in restaurant, and I enjoyed that as well.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2017 source ↗

Martin Compston Scottish actor

There was a period when I did four or five terrible films. My agent said: “Don’t do them.” But it was my month’s rent for a day’s work. One time, my green room was a lorry. It started snowing and it was just me and a plastic chair in the back of an open lorry. It was pretty grim.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 March 2022 source ↗

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Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

I got stabbed in the neck with a light tube during a wrestling “death match” two years ago. It was scary. I thought I was dying: your life does flash before your eyes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗