Gulliver’s Travels at Adelaide Fringe.
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Redeeming mortgages. I did it for a few weeks, and it sealed the deal that I wanted a career in entertainment.
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Louis Theroux
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There was a period in the early 2000s when I had been doing celebrity profiles and thought I’d lost my way creatively.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗
Paul Whitehouse
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I was what I call a “nut lifter” in a factory in Enfield. I had to get nuts and bolts from the production line into big tins.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗
Edith Bowman
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When I was a kid I was a chambermaid in my family’s hotel, and I once found a strap-on that someone had left behind.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗
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View profile →I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. When I was younger, I lived in Mumbai and, as a kid from England, I was traumatised by seeing children on the street without limbs.
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Mathew Varghese, an orthopaedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward in Delhi. He provides reconstructive surgery to help survivors walk.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗
Everyone cutting out social media for one day a week.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗
I was rejected by EastEnders, having been called three times. I was heartbroken.
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My dog, Mr Q, because he has the saddest look when I leave.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗
When I got a doctorate from my alma mater, Brunel. My mother always wanted me to become a doctor.
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