Working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in Shoreditch, London.
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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How close have you come to death?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Maybe That’s Your Problem, a musical about premature ejaculation. It closed after only 18 performances.
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Adrian Edmondson
English actor, comedian, musician and writer
I worked in the largest pork pie factory in Europe. I had a plastic mushroom-shaped thing and had to tamp down the meat into the pie base. It was a conveyor belt of pies from nine to five. The worst thing was the crackly AM radio, which was played loudly through the tinny tannoy system. I still can’t listen to I’m Not In Love by 10cc without thinking of raw minced pork.
Gemma Chan
British Chinese actress
When I was a teenager I worked as a lifeguard, and one of our duties was to clean the showers. It essentially involved cleaning people’s pubes from the drain.
Brendan Gleeson
Irish actor and director
Fixing a municipal sewer pipe.
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One night in Cats, I missed my footing and nearly plunged more than 30ft. As if by magic, the stage manager’s hand appeared and winched me from certain death.
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
The Queen. Long may she reign.
I’m happy: I have a wonderful career and great friends.
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