What is the worst job you have done?

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Recorded Liev Schreiber said elsewhere, not written here
Acting – it’s also the best, though.

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

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Russell Howard British comedian and presenter
Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Cressida Cowell British writer
I was a terrible secretary in a publishing company (clumsy, disorganised, hid letters behind the filing cabinet because I was supposed to have done something with them and I wasn’t sure what).
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗

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When I was 19 I worked at a gay bar while I was at drama school in London. One of the guys I worked with was Glaswegian and I learned the dialect from him. The acting teacher at the school said, “Liev, you’ve got the region but you’ve missed the character entirely” because I played Jimmy Boyle in a very camp Glaswegian accent.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗

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