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First I trained as a newspaper deliverer, then as a waitress, then as bar staff, then as a cook, then as an SEO accounts manager, then as a receptionist, then as a shop assistant and the whole time I was training as a comedian and writer.
I& #39;ve worked since I was 13. Don& #39;t treat all "artists" like we fell out of mummy & daddy& #39;s loft conversion into our cushy jobs. Just because nepotism is ripe in all industries doesn& #39;t mean there aren& #39;t a tonne of us artists still paying off the debt we got into getting here
I am SO sick of this idea that all comics are London yups who were paid by their families to follow their dreams. I& #39;m Somerset born and bred, dad& #39;s a builder and mum& #39;s a teaching assistant. Didn& #39;t stand a chance of any help up the ladder in the arts but I got here
The thought of going back to one of the many, many jobs I am trained for makes me tired and sad because I& #39;m not as good at them as I am this one. I& #39;m better for people, and the economy, in my current role. But don& #39;t imagine we don& #39;t do it constantly
Don& #39;t imagine artists aren& #39;t always doing "normal" (?! wtf does that even mean) jobs to subsidise slow months, or empty months or weird years. When I first moved to Brighton I sold saucepans all day, beers at the Dome all night and still fit in as many gigs as I could
