Joseph Fiennes
English actor
Several: cutting the local vicar's lawn, shovelling shit from a stable, waiting tables, picking up and washing actors' smelly pants and socks.
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What is your greatest fear?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When Rufus first came out, it was all white guys and myself, but then the band changed and Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and Andre Fischer came in. This guy booked us for a gig in Illinois, based on our original album cover, and when we got there he said that there were too many black people in the band. He actually put some white guys on the stage with us.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
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David Harewood
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I was a bailiff for half a morning. I couldn’t stand it.
Judith Kerr
British writer and illustrator
Secretary to a lawyer. I was sacked after a week.
Tom Allen
British comedian
I once had to sit on a sleigh and pretend to be Bing Crosby for a corporate party. I had to mime to White Christmas over and over again.
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I am not afraid.
A friend said, “If you remembered everything you did, you’d kill yourself.” He’s sort of crazy, but he’s probably right.
The fact that I’m a vampire.
That I have no patience.
I guess lack of patience as well.
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