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The question
What is the worst job you have done?Originally asked
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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.
Ann Patchett
American author
I’ve never had a terrible job. I’ve been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are and I haven’t done them.
Peter Capaldi
Actor and director
I have been pretty terrible in quite a lot of terrible things.
Joseph Fiennes
English actor
Several: cutting the local vicar's lawn, shovelling shit from a stable, waiting tables, picking up and washing actors' smelly pants and socks.
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I like collecting rocks,” she smiles. “I’m obsessed with them. I don’t pick up any old rock; it has to have some kind of interest.
Laziness.
Don’t just do what other people think you should be doing.
That episode of Succession, probably because it reminded me of my dad.
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