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The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2025 source ↗
When I was 19, I washed up in the basement of a Paris restaurant that stank of rotted food. I did it for six months, until I was promoted to vegetable boy.
Horrible gigs at the beginning, when no one’s interested.
Waitressing. I was so bad. I smashed things. I once mistakenly ordered a very expensive bottle of wine for a table. They thought they were ordering a very average bottle of wine, and I ordered them an £800 bottle and they drank it. I got the sack a few weeks later.
Two days as a labourer in my 15th summer.
It’s like arriving somewhere that you’ve always wanted to be.
I’m happy whenever I’m with my wife, Allegra.
I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.
A successful marriage, my third.
Where do I begin?
Unemployment – I’m an actor.
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