First Quote by Toyah Willcox

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.

— Richard O'Brien

My first job was in a movie theater. I worked at Cinema 6 in New City, New York. I was an usher. I sold popcorn.

— Sebastian Stan

I left Edinburgh to follow the London punk scene in 1978, singing and playing guitar in various bands. My income was sporadic, so I…

— Irvine Welsh

I moved to London in 2011. I was working as a teaching assistant in the day and was doing stand-up gigs in the night.

— Lucy Beaumont

I started off in musical theater, yeah. It was one of my first jobs; it was in Spring Awakening in London, which was amazing.

— Jamie Blackley

I just adored working in London. It was in London where I first had the idea of making a film.

— Colin Farrell

I spent two years living in London - I'd have stayed for ever if I could have got a work visa. It was there…

— Lady Starlight

The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world…

— Gaby Hoffmann

My first paid job was delivering newspapers. The first paid acting job I got was dressing up as Edam cheese and handing out leaflets…

— Jason Flemyng

I was like the roadie, I was carrying gear, checking things in at airports, making sure they had flowers backstage and interfacing with promoters…

— Annie E. Clark

I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that

— Imelda Staunton

I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got…

— Christopher Walken