Stephen Graham
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I worked in a TGI Fridays when I was 19 and came to London for the first time. It was absolutely horrible and I got fired after two weeks.
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Scrabbling about under dusty floorboards as an electrician in my early 20s.
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Rick Astley
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I haven’t really had a job. I used to work at my dad’s garden centre in my late teens, but it was just messing around.
Rose McGowan
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When I was 15, I conned my way into an office job at a company that represented makers of breast implants. The manager had a wart on the end of her tongue that she’d push against her teeth, making a very specific sound.
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I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.
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Diving in the Virgin Islands. I lost sight of the boat and had to swim to a tiny, deserted island. After a great deal of time, the rescue boat saw me waving for my life on the rocks.
Warmth and security.
Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.
At the time, not landing the role of Lance-Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army, but it all worked out fine in the long run.
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