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Working in a furniture factory in Warrington when I was 17. It was a summer job, and I had to cover the studs in the back of Chesterfield sofas with leather.
A temp job at BT. I still have nightmares about ADSL lines. I still don’t know what one is. I would find myself on national conference calls being questioned about ADSL lines and told that the problem was in London. I would try not to breathe so they would forget I was there.
Magician’s assistant on a cruise ship for two weeks when I was 19. When I was meant to be being levitated, I was silently crying while pretending to be unconscious as I hung limply off a metal pole. It was bleak.
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).
A librarian. Or a racing driver for Ferrari F1.
I am pretty chirpy at the moment.
My Austin Healey.
Not playing Freddie Mercury.
Just remembered will do.
Clive Stafford Smith, for his incredible work with the Reprieve charity.
David Hasselhoff, Sofia Helin, Elaine Paige, Adeel Akhtar, James Norton, Robert Glenister
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