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Sofia
Mattsson
(Sasha, GH)
“I came to California [from her
native Sweden] on a modeling visa,
and you’re very strictly only allowed to work [at] what you came here for. So when I had a modeling visa, I could only model. I’ve never been able to do any other jobs here. But when I was in Sweden as a teenager I worked at McDonald’s; that was the only day job I ever had.”
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Freddie Smith (Sonny, DAYS)
“I was a server at the Outback
Steakhouse.”
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Brytni Sarpy (Elena, Y&R)
“I was a personal trainer at
Equinox [gym].”
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Katrina Bowden (Flo, B&B)
“I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch at the mall. I wanted to work the cash register so bad and I did it once, but I was the person who they would dress in their clothes and I would have to say, ‘Hi!’ to everybody who walked in. It was the most boring job ever.”
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Lauren Koslow (Kate, DAYS)
“I was a receptionist at a production company that was filled with producers and actors, and I was the voice out front that would say, ‘Good morning. How can I help you?’ ”
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John McCook (Eric, B&B)
“I got my [Actor’s] Equity card when
I was 18 years old, so the only job I
had had before that was working at Disneyland on the Jungle Cruise. Before that, I was working in a record shop in Ventura [CA].”
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Mark Grossman (Adam, Y&R)
“I was an insurance salesman.”
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Cynthia Watros (Nina, GH)
“I worked at a restaurant and
met my husband there.”
Sofia
Mattsson
(Sasha, GH)
“I came to California [from her
native Sweden] on a modeling visa,
and you’re very strictly only allowed to work [at] what you came here for. So when I had a modeling visa, I could only model. I’ve never been able to do any other jobs here. But when I was in Sweden as a teenager I worked at McDonald’s; that was the only day job I ever had.”
Freddie Smith (Sonny, DAYS)
“I was a server at the Outback
Steakhouse.”
Brytni Sarpy (Elena, Y&R)
“I was a personal trainer at
Equinox [gym].”
Katrina Bowden (Flo, B&B)
“I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch at the mall. I wanted to work the cash register so bad and I did it once, but I was the person who they would dress in their clothes and I would have to say, ‘Hi!’ to everybody who walked in. It was the most boring job ever.”
Lauren Koslow (Kate, DAYS)
“I was a receptionist at a production company that was filled with producers and actors, and I was the voice out front that would say, ‘Good morning. How can I help you?’ ”
John McCook (Eric, B&B)
“I got my [Actor’s] Equity card when
I was 18 years old, so the only job I
had had before that was working at Disneyland on the Jungle Cruise. Before that, I was working in a record shop in Ventura [CA].”
Mark Grossman (Adam, Y&R)
“I was an insurance salesman.”
Cynthia Watros (Nina, GH)
“I worked at a restaurant and
met my husband there.”