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The question
What is the worst job you have done?Originally asked
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Monty Don
English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer
I once had to dig a fire escape from a basement in a health club. It took two weeks.
Katharine Hamnett
English fashion designer
Hop-picking in Kent when I was 13. The smell was dreadful, and put me off beer for life.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
Two days as a labourer in my 15th summer.
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.
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Love is everything.
A Josef Albers painting.
There is no getting around the work requirement. Also, the creative side is only part of the work. I work really hard.
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