6. Sounds pretty cool.

“Wrote fanfic to order. Gimme characters and plot (or plot what plot scenario), $15 per thousand words. Was fun, and occasionally hilarious, even if I’d never admit publicly to some of the stories I wrote …

It was that, or work a second retail job. Writing commissions won.”

7. Babysitting.

“‘Babysat’ a rock star before a gig so that he would stay put and not go off into the local area (which he didn’t know) looking for drugs. We talked about TV and films.

It was more than 20 years ago and everyone involved is British.

The need to do this kind of thing is exactly why Get Him To The Greek was made, but that was 10+ years later. I wouldn’t be surprised if stories Russell Brand can tell got put straight into the movie (if he could remember any of them).”