Lucy Worsley
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In my teens, peeling garlic to make pie filling in a butcher’s shop.
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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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Ann Dowd
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Trying to sell frozen food over the phone for a company called American Frozen Foods. It lasted about half an hour. I found myself telling people not to buy too much of it because it could go bad, and my supervisor said, “This job is probably not for you.”
Mucking out pigs on a farm when I was 15.
Jack Whitehall
English comedian, actor, presenter and writer
It’s also one of the best jobs I’ve done, but two hours in, when everyone’s pissed and ignoring you, hosting the Brit awards can be a tough gig.
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I was rejected by EastEnders, having been called three times. I was heartbroken.
My dog, Mr Q, because he has the saddest look when I leave.
Everyone cutting out social media for one day a week.
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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