Cybill Shepherd: What is the worst job you have ever had?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Cybill Shepherd

American actress and former model

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A movie called The Return that was about cows from outer space.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

Others on this question

Craig Revel Horwood Australian-British choreographer and director

Potato-picking in my home town, Ballarat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 December 2018 source ↗

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.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2020 source ↗

Sue Perkins British actress, singer, writer and comedian

Cleaning toilets in a hotel in Croydon when I was 16. A guest once gave me a half-eaten bag of pistachios as a tip, so there were perks.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 October 2018 source ↗

Frank Cottrell-Boyce British screenwriter, novelist and actor

I spent an advent in my late teens throttling turkeys.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 July 2023 source ↗