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What is the worst job you have done?

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I worked in a Helms Bakery assembly line that separated egg whites from the yolks and from time to time a box of rotten eggs would come through. Need I say more?

The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

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I was a waitress at a holiday camp. On a Wednesday afternoon all the guys used to pee into the rice pudding and we had to serve it to the customers.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗

Alan Cumming Scottish actor, producer, director, writer and presenter

I once spent a summer doing a puppet show in kindergartens around the Shetland Islands.

Recorded Ernio Hernandez, Playbill.com's Cue & A, 19 March 2008 source ↗

Hayley Squires English actress and playwright

I worked in a call centre. I would go clubbing on a Saturday with my brother and my mates, get home for five or six in the morning, and then have to be at work at 8am.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2020 source ↗

Liev Schreiber American actor

Acting – it’s also the best, though.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗

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Question Which living person do you most admire, and why? Values & belief

Oprah Winfrey, as Maya Angelou and Tina Turner are no longer with us. These women are Afro-American queens who, despite growing up in the racist south experiencing physical, emotional and sexual abuse, rose to the top of their professions and are an inspiration to women everywhere.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

Question Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? Identity & self

At this time in my life, I quite like myself but, for a large portion of my life, I deplored being shy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

Question What is the trait you most deplore in others? Values & belief

Arrogance combined with egotism and selfishness.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

Question How would you describe yourself in three words? Identity & self

Loving, sincere, honest.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight

Escaping an abusive teen marriage and being blessed with the opportunity to create a new life for myself and my two young children in London at the height of the swinging 60s.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

Question What has been your biggest disappointment? Failure & regret

It has been in myself, for allowing individuals who I relied on to make important decisions in my life that left me alone to pick up the pieces.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

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